Build Effective Youth Participation Systems with our FREE webinar
Build Effective Youth Participation Systems with our FREE webinar
Join us for a 60-minute strategic session designed exclusively for Directors of Children’s Services and senior leaders.
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Why this session matters:
As a Director of Children’s Services or senior leader, you hold the statutory responsibility for ensuring children in care and care leavers have a voice in the decisions that shape their lives.
This isn’t just a legal duty. It’s central to your corporate parenting role, to how Ofsted will judge your service, and most importantly — to how children and young people experience your leadership.
Yet across the country, youth participation too often falls short. Forums lack clear purpose. Engagement risks becoming tokenistic. Young people leave feeling unheard. Opportunities for service improvement are lost.
The result? Trust is eroded, organisational culture weakens, and inspection outcomes suffer.
What you’ll gain from this free 60-minute session
What you’ll gain from this free 60-minute session
Led by The Care Leaders, a nationally recognised organisation of care-experienced professionals with over 15 years of impact across the UK, this webinar will share a tested, evidence-based blueprint for building participation systems that work.
You’ll learn how to create:
Ethical governance
structures and terms of reference that safeguard young people while devolving power.
Operational efficiency
systems for participation teams to plan, schedule, and evidence engagement.
Skilled participation
frameworks to equip young people to contribute meaningfully to panels, training, and consultations.
Sustainable resourcing
strategies that secure long-term investment beyond goodwill or short-term budgets.
Inspection rea
aligning participation with Ofsted’s expectations for leadership and quality of practice.
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Why learn from
The Care Leaders?
For over a decade, The Care Leaders have worked with senior leaders nationwide, delivering change that lasts. Our track record includes:
Shaping Middlesbrough Children Matter and Durham Cares visions.
Creating employment pathways like The Family Business in Suffolk.
Building youth participation services in West Sussex, Buckinghamshire, and the Regional Care Cooperative.
We know the pressures you face. We know the weight of inspection. And we know how to turn participation into a strategic leadership asset.
Meet your host
Luke Rodgers BEM
Awarded the British Empire Medal for services to youth, Luke Rodgers brings a dynamic approach to youth participation. With his unique blend of lived experience and professional expertise, Luke champions the voice of young people in social care, ensuring their stories and perspectives are at the heart of our training.