This podcast series is from the Kinship Care Advice Service for Scotland.
Here, we will share information which Kinship Carers will find useful at some point in their Kinship journey, further podcasts will be added to the page as topics are suggested and developed.
We have also been in conversation with Kinship Carers and professionals who provide family information and support for Kinship Carers in local communities.
By sharing their stories, we hope to represent the essential role of Kinship Carers, revealing why what they do is so important and to bridge connections between Scotland’s Kinship community.
If you have an idea for a podcast and would like to get involved, we’d love to hear from you. Contact: advice@kinshipscot.org
This podcast on the KCASS helpline was recorded as part of Kinship Care Week 2023.
You can listen to Linda McGarrigle the KCASS helpline Adviser answer questions on what you can expect when contacting the KCASS helpline.
This podcast on Kinship Care Allowance was recorded as part of Kinship Care Week 2023.
You can listen to Georgiana Bugeag the KCASS Advocacy worker answer questions on Kinship Care Allowance.
This podcast on Universal Credit was recorded as part of Kinship Care Week 2023.
You can listen to Linda McGarrigle, the KCASS helpline Adviser and Georgiana Bugeag the KCASS Advocacy worker discuss Universal Credit in Kinship Care.
This podcast child benefit was recorded as part of Kinship Care Week 2023.
Hear Linda McGarrigle, the KCASS helpline Adviser, answer questions on child benefit in Kinship Care.
This podcast is an edited recording of a conversation between the national Kinship Care Advice Service for Scotland, and Alice and Myra of Grandparents Parenting Again.
We met in person in February 2022 at Gorebridge Parish Church Hall to talk about the role of partnerships in sustaining the group over its 18-year history, and how this benefits the needs of kinship carers and the training needs of people supporting families.
In this podcast from September 2021, we meet with a member of the Clackmannanshire Kinship Carers and with Anne Wilson from Children’s Health Scotland. We discuss how the Council-run support group has benefitted kinship families by continuing to meet virtually during the Covid pandemic. Bereavement support for families, the retraumatising effect of Covid and new friendships are the themes of our conversation.
