Rufus Robin and Airlie Bird swoop into Hull schools in new drive to tackle school attendance issues 23rd October 2023 Primary school pupils across Hull will be visited by the familiar mascots of Hull FC and Hull KR, as Hull City Council and its partners strive to shine a light on the issue of school attendance. In the year to date, around 22% of children in England were persistently absent – that is children missing […] Read more Children and families News Children and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockEarly help teamEducationHull and East Yorkshire MindHull FCHull KRHull Schoolsschool attendance
Foster carers from Hull win prestigious Fostering Excellence Award 18th October 2023 Two foster carers from Hull who care for a boy with additional needs have won a prestigious Fostering Excellence Award, recognising their exceptional contributions to foster care. Pamela and her partner, who foster with Hull Fostering, were awarded The Fostering Network award for foster carers at The Fostering Excellence Awards, sponsored by The Mortgage Brain, […] Read more Children and families News childrenChildren and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockFosteringHull Fostering
Hull City Council’s Children’s Services continue to improve as government lifts Improvement Notice 28th September 2023 Hull City Council’s Children’s Services are no longer under an Improvement Notice. David Johnston OBE MP, the Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing recently wrote to the Council to inform them that the Department for Education (DfE) was lifting its Improvement Notice. An Improvement Notice is a direction issued by the DfE to local authorities, […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peoplechildren's serviceschildren's social careCouncillor Linda TockDepartment for EducationImprovement plan for children's servicesOfstedsocial workSocial Work Academy
Hull City Council to begin offering grants to help with the cost of school uniforms 26th September 2023 Hull City Council is introducing a School Clothing Grant to alleviate some of the pressures on Hull parents and carers during the cost-of-living crisis. Families in receipt of Free School Meals with children entering Year 7 will be allocated the £40 grant on 23 October 2023. Around 1,100 pupils are set to benefit from this […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda Tockschool clothing grantschools
Hull City Council joins fostering partners in launch of moving new film 26th September 2023 ‘Any Of Us’ can be foster carers if we have the capacity to care is the message of a powerful new fostering film. ‘Any Of Us’, launching today, is the sixth film produced by a growing partnership of councils and children’s trusts to promote local authority fostering. The ‘Any Of Us’ project is the largest […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peopleChildren Social ServicesCouncillor Linda TockFosteringLooked after children
Professionals across Hull come together to help young people Thrive 22nd September 2023 A conference to celebrate Youth Mental Health Awareness Day took place at the Guildhall in Hull this week. The theme of this year’s Thrive Hull Conference 2023 was #BeBrave and there was a packed programme to support professionals who work with children and young people in the city to do exactly that. The conference invited […] Read more Children and families News Children and young peoplechildren's social careCouncillor Linda TockMental HealthNHSsocial workTHRIVE model
Support for children with additional needs to be expanded as IPaSS service is relaunched 20th September 2023 The Integrated Physical and Sensory Service (IPaSS) has been relaunched after a restructure that will create new capacity for teachers. IPaSS is a Hull City Council service that supports children and young people in Hull that have physical difficulties, speech and language difficulties or visual or hearing impairments. The restructure will create a more sustainable […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockHull SchoolsIPaSSSEND
First Family Hub to offer even more support to Hull families 24th July 2023 The Parks Children’s Centre is becoming the first children’s centre in Hull to be rebranded as one of the new Family Hubs, offering even more support to local children and families. One-stop hubs will offer support from conception through to age 19, or up to 25 for young people with special education needs and disabilities, […] Read more Children and families Community and Living Education and Learning News Children and familiesChildren and young peopleCouncillor Linda TockFamily hubsParks Family Hubyoung people and family services
Could you foster? Hull City Council celebrates fantastic foster carers this Fostering Fortnight 15th May 2023 Hull City Council is celebrating the wonderful world of fostering for this year’s national Fostering Fortnight (15th-28th May) celebrations. Being a foster carer is one of the most worthwhile and rewarding roles a person can do. Hull has one of the largest populations of looked after children in the country, which brings its own unique […] Read more Children and families News Children and familiesChildren and young peoplechildren's servicesFoster care fortnightFosteringHull FosteringLooked after children
Amazing Hull social workers honoured by the British Association of Social Workers 25th April 2023 Social workers across Hull City Council’s Children and Family Services have been honoured as one of the ‘Amazing Social Workers’ being celebrated for World Social Work Month. Many individuals and teams have been profiled as part of the British Association of Social Worker’s (BASW) annual celebrations. The BASW is the UK’s professional membership organisation for […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Children and familiesChildren and young peoplechildren's social caresocial workSocial Work Academy
A seat fit for a King! St Mary’s College to have their illustrated bench displayed in London for the King’s coronation 21st April 2023 St Mary’s College has been chosen to have their own illustrated bench created and displayed at the Tower of London during the King’s Coronation celebrations in May. They were one of the 15 chosen from over 1,500 entries across the UK. Taking inspiration from teaching resources developed by Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) – the charity […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Children and young peopleEducationKings CoronationRoyal CoronationSt Mary's College
Children’s Social Worker from Hull backs region-wide campaign to inspire others to take up vital role 20th March 2023 A Children’s Social Worker from Hull is backing a region-wide campaign during Social Work Week (20-24 March) and World Social Work Day (21 March), aimed at encouraging others to take up the vital role. As part of the campaign, Anna O’Brien, along with Children’s Social Workers from across the region, has appeared in an online […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Children and familiesChildren and young peoplechildren's serviceschildren's social caresocial worksocial work weekWorld Social Work Day
