Find out about corporate parenting and corporate parent champions
When a child or young person becomes cared for, we become the corporate parent. This means there is a collective responsibility. This includes Council elected members (councillors), officers, and partner agencies. We must make sure we safeguard the children and young people we are looking after. We need to make sure that they get the best possible care.
We have a corporate parenting vision with objectives and priorities. We want everyone in our care to be safe, happy, and healthy. We want them to reach their full potential.
We want them all to have the same opportunities that good parents afford their children. We are committed to being an effective, caring, and ambitious corporate parent. We will show this through:
We are loving parents, and care deeply for our children. We will make sure they receive the same standard of care as any good parent would provide. We will protect them and support them to cope with the dangers and risks of everyday life.
We will celebrate and share in their experiences and achievements, no matter how big or small. We are ambitious for them and will work hard to support them. We will help them achieve their aspirations and reach their full potential.
We will do everything we can to make sure that our care experienced children are set up for life.
We want Torbay to be a ‘child friendly’ place. A place that champions our cared for and care experienced children.
Our aim is to have designated officers as corporate parent champions across all departments. We want them in all our departments and our wholly owned companies.
The Champions come together every six weeks. They help to shape their department’s role in ensuring that we are good corporate parents. They contribute to Council wide initiatives to enhance our Corporate Parenting offer.