Fellow’s Profile
Kielly Arbuthnot
Fellow’s Profile
Kielly Arbuthnot
Mobilising the child's network to achieve meaningful life story work
Fellowship
Themes
Focus
Improving Life Story Work for Children in Care within Local Authorities
Countries
Fellowship year
2025
Supported by
Locality
North East
Contact
Biography
I work as Life Story Work Coordinator for North Tyneside Council. I was also in the care of North Tyneside when I was a young child before being subsequently adopted. I am very passionate about Life Story Work and improving how local authorities can deliver effective and trauma-informed life story work for all children in care, not just those on a pathway for adoption.
I am keen to connect and learn from best practice in Australia and the USA. My ultimate goal is to create a structured, cost-effective programme for local authorities to use which mobilises the network around a child to both deliver appropriate life story work as well as record and celebrate the child's life during the time they spend in care.
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Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
