The Forum: A podcast by Staf

Staf Board member Rosie Moore shares her thoughts on being a Staf board member. How she uses her lived experience of care to ensure the voices of young people are represented, what the role entails, what she's got out of being a member of the board and why now is the perfect time to apply to be our new Youth Director. 

In this edition Pamela Graham, Staf's Head of Learning and Development talks to Thomas Carlton, Implementation Lead at The Promise Scotland, about the latest developments, workforce support, the importance of relationships and how The Promise Scotland can support organisations to improve the economic wellbeing of care leavers. 

Chris and Ashley from Youth Just Us, Staf's and CYCJ's Youth Justice Voices steering group, share their experiences of co-producing and literally adding their voices to the No Knives Better Lives' 'Nae Danger' game. They are joined by Emily Beever (Youth Link Scotland/NKNB) and Ruth Kerracher and Pamela Graham from Staf. The podcast explores how content was created collaboratively during lockdown and the importance of listening to experience to create a genuine and impactful video game which has the potential to change lives.  For more information about the game visit https://www.staf.scot/blog/youth-just-us-nae-danger-game 

Staf CEO Jo Derrick speaks to Staf Chair and CEO of Aberlour SallyAnn Kelly about poverty, the pandemic and the potential for a care leaver Basic Income in Scotland. We discover the huge rise in the number of families claiming financial support during the pandemic and, in relation to the notion of a Universal Basic Income that, SallyAnn rightly states that 'as a country we need to step up to the plate and offer unconditional guarantees for our young people in a way we have never done before.'

Published on: February 18th 2020 at 10.02am Shannon's Box was created by Shannon Brown to make entering care a little easier for children and young people. The box contains items carefully selected by Shannon, and was influenced by her own experience of entering care, with input from other young people with care experience. Supported by Staf, in partnership with East Ayrshire Council, Shannon has made her dream a reality. In this episode of The Forum we speak to young people who have received Shannon’s Box in East Ayrshire, and the workers who have supported them, on the difference the box has made to entering care. Find out more about Staf on our website or follow us on twitter. Introduction and exit music credit: Heartwarming Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Join us for the third edition of The Forum where we discuss The Care Experienced Bursary with John Swinney, Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills. Our Policy and Communications Manager, Liam Furby, and Youth Just Us Peer Leader, Kevin Lafferty, ask Mr Swinney a range of questions around the policy's implementation, and current entitlement restrictions. Find out more about Staf on our website or follow us on twitter. Introduction and exit music credit: Heartwarming Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Join us for the second edition of our podcast. We met with Joanna McCreadie (Seamab) and Rosie Moore, who co-chair the Love work group at the Independent Care Review. Listen as Pamela Graham, Head of Learning and Development at Staf, asks them about their work on Love. Find out more about the work of the Independent Care Review by visiting their website, or follow them on twitter. Find out more about Staf on our website or follow us on twitter. Introduction and exit music credit: Heartwarming Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

Join us for The Forum Extra, our bite-sized podcast around continuing care, as Pamela (Head of Learning and Development) tells us more about Staf's focus groups, reminds us what continuing care is and members of the Implications of Continuing Care focus group share some positive practice taking place in their areas. Introduction and exit music credit: Heartwarming Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

On Care Day 2019 we’re excited to launch The Forum – Staf’s first-ever podcast. We spoke to Pauline Connelly who is a senior worker at Tremanna children’s home in Slammannan, just outside Falkirk. Our Head of Learning and Development, Pamela Graham, spoke to Pauline about how we can support the workforce to deliver trauma-informed and trauma-responsive care and about the unique model of care that has been developed at Tremanna. Introduction and exit music credit: Heartwarming Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/