Trauma-informed assessment focuses on needs, context, and strengths—not compliance. It helps care-experienced young people feel understood and supported toward real independence.

The overlooked competencies that determine whether young people leaving care will thrive or merely survive

After 35 years supporting care-experienced young people, I've learned that knowing what to do and being able to actually do it are two entirely different things.

Learn how to empower care leavers with self-advocacy skills they need for independent adulthood. Evidence-based strategies from G&K Care Services' Charting Your Path programme.

Transform your practice with evidence-based active listening techniques for care-experienced young people. Expert guidance from specialist social work practitioner Gradle Gardner Martin.

Discover evidence-based approaches to building trust with care-experienced young people. Expert insights from 35+ years of frontline social work practice by Gradle Gardner Martin.

See how Charting Your Path teaches essential life skills — from budgeting to communication — to help care leavers thrive independently.

Explore how Charting Your Path blends practical skills, reflection, and guidance to prepare care leavers for real-world independence.

Discover how the Charting Your Path program supports care leavers in building life skills, confidence, and independence for adulthood.