Achieving and Enjoying

  • Another criteria for selection of carers is their enjoyment of the company of, and activities with, children. Capstone expects carers to help their placed children have a broad experience of activities and to pursue the ones they like, whether or not they have perceived talent
     
  • Capstone asks that carers encourage children to have lessons, e.g. in sport or music or the arts, to enhance their interest, develop friendship groups and promote their self-confidence
     
  • Carers also share their own interests, as well as joining in with their child’s pursuit of an interest, so that there is a reciprocity which acknowledges the value of both the carer and the child and further stimulates the child’s capacity for attachment
     
  • The Capstone team work closely with placing authorities to ensure that children have the opportunity that is their right to embark on further education, or on any course leading to qualifications
     
  • Whatever a child or young person achieves is celebrated, whether at a Capstone panel, in team meetings or around the table in carers’ homes.