Have a look at our resources for professionals and download our flyers and posters.
Are you a professional helping someone in care?
Here you will find Help at Hand resources for you to share with children and young people and information about the service. If you are supporting a young person please have a look at our FAQs for information and advice. On our page for parents and family members, we also share a list of external organisations who can offer support.
Do you want to share the service with young people you work with?
Have a look at our resources which explain more about the Help at Hand service and can be shared with young people you support.
If you want to find out more about the Help at Hand service and the people we’ve helped you can read our annual reports:
The Children’s Commissioner’s IMO (In My Opinion) peer led website provides additional resources for children in care and care leavers, these include:
Resources from the Children’s Commissioner for England
As Children’s Commissioner, I have a duty to promote and protect the rights of all children. My Help at Hand team have supported the research I have brought out on care leavers, unaccompanied children seeking asylum, the state of children and young people’s advocacy services in England, children on child in need plans, Homeless 16- and 17-year olds in need of care, family contact in youth custody, children with disabilities not having their needs met and more.
I am delighted to tell you that we have received the wonderful news that the family have now been offered accommodation and will be moving next week! The boys are really thrilled and excited about this! I am convinced that your support and powers of persuasion have helped to effect change in the LA’s decision making. …. I am so happy that they [the boys] will have their own individual spaces to decorate and so that they will be able to study and complete homework when the next steps of confirmation of education for both boys is achieved. From myself, the Children in Care team …, their independent reviewing officer and especially on behalf of the children and their mum, we give enormous thanks!
Who are we?
Help at Hand is the Children’s Commissioner’s advice and assistance service for children in care, children who have a social worker or are working with social services, children living away from home and care leavers.
