The Promise Scotland was born from the Independent Care Review commissioned in 2016. For over three years the Care Review listened to the views of care experienced children, young people and families across the country.
In February 2020, The Care Review set out how Scotland could do things better to ensure every care experienced child and young person feels safe, loved and respected.
The broad vision of the Independent Care Review reflected the transformative change needed in Scotland’s ‘care system’, asking organisations and politicians to #KeepThePromise.
Embedded Within Our Services
The Promise is wholeheartedly supported by Dean and Cauvin Young People’s Trust and across all our work you will see examples of how we deliver on key aspects of Care, Family, Voice, People, and Scaffolding.
We work hard to ensure our houses are not considered ‘destinations’ but places of nurture and a considered and planned step in the journey of a young person towards adult life.
We work with fathers and other family members, with young parents and our caregiving families to keep families together and to help repair ruptured relationships.
Every service and project we deliver is there to #KeepThePromise, ensuring there is no wrong door to getting help and that support is there as long as it is needed.
We invest in our workforce, invest in trauma-informed training, reflective practices training and champion the lifelong difference they can make to a young person.
We include voices and experiences of care in our work and ensure young people have every opportunity to be heard and listened to.
We tackle poverty with a range of wellbeing funds and opportunities for learning, holidays and fun for young people while ensuring staff are trained in welfare, income,and housing matters.
