The following forums are open to children, young people and parents; social workers can contact the Participation Officer Elzbieta Chandrasena for details of how to join.

The Children in Care Council (CiCC) is open to all looked after children who wish to be part of a group that represents the interests of children in care and care leavers and ensures their voice is heard by senior managers and councillors at the Corporate Parenting Board and other council meetings.

The Junior Children in Care Council is open to younger looked after children aged 6-12 focussing on helping them to vocalise their experiences of being in care through drama and creative activities.

Camden Parent Council is open to all Camden parents who want to influence council services and welcomes input from CSFH service users. For details on how to get involved please contact Sandra Soteriou on ext: 5450 or email sandra.[email protected]

 The Family Advisory Board has been set up by the Family Group Conference service and is open to all parents and kinship carers to discuss their shared experiences and develop ways in which they can contribute to service development. For more details please contact Rob O'Grady or email 

rob.o'[email protected]

Camden life stories events enable social workers to hear first-hand about service user’s experiences of CSFH. For more details please contact Tim Fisher on ext: 1051 or email [email protected]

All social workers are expected to attend Total Respect training run by looked after children and care leavers and which is designed to ensure workers understand how best to help children and young people get their voices heard.

The Reactive Forum provides opportunities for young people with disabilities aged 13 to 18 to get involved in decision making so they can have a say in the development of services they receive. For dates and further information see the Forum leaflet or contact Catherine Andrews on: ext 9417 or email [email protected]

When recruiting and selecting people to senior management positions, a panel of children who receive services from CSSW will be part of the selection panel and will carry out interviews with candidates. Social workers can put forward children they work with to be part of the panel and should contact Elzbieta Chandrasena on ext: 1850 or email [email protected]

The Young People’s Pathway Advisory Board has been set up to review standards within the Young People’s Housing Pathway service. The group is made up of pathway commissioners, the Participation Officer and young people living in Camden’s Young People’s Housing Pathway and the group’s remit is to:

• review current standards of service
• develop a new set of standards
• get involved in interviewing and selecting new providers
• preparing an annual report on pathways accommodation for the Corporate Parenting Board.

For guidance on managing co-production projects with service users, please see the flic co-production toolkit.