When you are in care, your local authority (or council) is responsible for looking after you. That means doing everything possible to help you feel listened to, happy and safe. Your council should make sure you are supported in the best way for you. You may have heard the words ‘corporate parent’. This means that every part of the council should be doing its best for you when you are in care and leaving care.
Your council should have high hopes for you and give you love, care and stability.
Being a great corporate parent is not just the responsibility of one person or one department in the council. It is the whole organisation that should work together to make sure you have a happy and healthy life during your time in care and when you leave care.
The Children Act 1989 already describes what councils must do to promote the welfare and educational achievement of the children they look after. That means, for example, making good decisions about where you live, making sure you stay healthy, helping you enjoy and do well at school, college or university, talking to you about your wishes and feelings and helping you to stay in touch with your family. The 1989 Act also says what councils must do to help young people when they are leaving care and starting their adult lives.
Please see a link below to a children's guide to corporate parenting
GUIDE_Young_Peoples_Guide_to_Good_Corporate_Parents.pdf (childrenscommissioner.gov.uk)