Start: Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:00 am United Kingdom Time
End: Monday 30 June 2025 at 1:00 pm United Kingdom Time
Virtual event: Register via Eventbrite
Approximately 1 in 10 children in care in the UK is not a British citizen. Many of them would benefit from legal advice and other assistance relating to their immigration status and/or British citizenship.
Social Workers Without Borders and Kids in Need of Defense UK (hosted at Central England Law Centre) are offering a free training session for social workers and other local authority staff who want to better understand how to assist children of migrant backgrounds. This will be a participatory session focusing on cases that may arise for social workers who work with children in care, care leavers, and/or children in need.
We will discuss:
- How immigration and citizenship issues affect the life chances of children and young people
- The benefits of early resolution of immigration/citizenship issues for children’s well-being and to save local authorities significant time and money
- When and why specialist legal advice is needed
- Some of the routes to improving immigration status or acquiring British citizenship
- What is an “e-visa” and who should have one
- Local authorities’ duties and how to address children’s immigration and citizenship issues through care/pathway plans, looked after child reviews, child in need assessments, and other social care processes
- How to work effectively with people who have unresolved immigration/citizenship issues
- Other related issues of interest to participants, time permitting
[Note: this session will not focus on asylum issues, but we will cover some issues that affect refugee children]
Register here: Children’s journeys to secure immigration status and British citizenship Tickets, Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite