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Children and Families

My name is Jean Pollard and I am the Director of Children and Families Services in Swindon.

I hope that you are able to find the information you are looking for on the website. If you can't find it, or if you have any ideas about how we might improve the site, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Please e-mail us at yourcommentscount@swindon.gov.uk.

Some of the Things that We Believe In

Our Vision

To safeguard vulnerable children and young people and their families, through the delivery of high quality services that will improve their individual life chances.

Our Values

To:

Support children, young people and their families, so that wherever possible children can remain within their families
Safeguard children and young people from all forms of abuse
Place the child at the centre of all our activity
Ensure that children and their families are enabled to participate in decision making relating to them
Engage with partners in prevention and early intervention to avoid injury, abuse, exclusion from school and becoming looked after
Promote children’s and young peoples life chances through enhancing stability, and addressing to their health and education needs
Ensure that all services are fully accessible to all children and families without discrimination of any kind
For children who need to be looked after
Place children wherever possible in local family placements with clear plans for reunification
Supply stable well-matched local placements, including adoptive and permanent places that will provide support into adulthood, for those children that need them
Value our staff in order that they can actively contribute to the above
Work positively with our partners and local communities in order to promote the best possible opportunities for children and families

We will seek to achieve these values through the provision of a high quality service, managed well within the current resource constraints.

In order to find out more about what Social Services can offer, please click on the pages to your right.

Children and Families