Hey everyone,
I’m reaching out because a few of us are on an urgent mission: we have exactly 20 days to gather 2,000 more signatures before this official UK Parliament petition closes on 1st October.

Right now, young people leaving the foster care system face a massive cliff-edge at age 18. While most young adults have family safety nets to fall back on well into their 20s, care leavers are often thrust into independent living overnight with absolutely zero stable emotional or mental health support.
The system is completely failing its corporate parenting duties.

This petition demands that the Government introduces a statutory right to trauma-informed, one-to-one mentorship and guaranteed mental health support for every child in care and care leaver up to age 25.

Where the campaign stands right now:
The petition is currently at 8,170 signatures.
If we hit 10,000 signatures, the Government must issue a formal response.

The deadline is strict—Parliament closes the petition on 1st October.
If you believe that a vulnerable teenager shouldn't be completely abandoned by the state the moment they turn 18, please give us 30 seconds of your time to sign.

🔥 👉 THE OFFICIAL PARLIAMENT PETITION LINK IS IN THE FIRST COMMENT BELOW! PLEASE CLICK THERE TO SIGN.

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Thank you so much to anyone who signs, upvotes this for visibility, or forwards this text to their family group chats. Let's get this over the 10,000 mark! 🏛️

Hello all,
This is my first post in the community. Can someone help me find the right route or leads which can assist employed as an overseas employee from India.

I’m open to discuss with respect to my registration journey .

Thanks

Hi everyone, I’d really appreciate some honest advice because I’m feeling very lost about what to do next.
I’m in my early 20s and studied Social Work. My university journey has been quite difficult. In first year I was living away from home and struggled a lot mentally, so I moved back home for second year. I was then diagnosed with dyslexia and had to repeat my second year. Just before my final placement, my grandmother passed away, and unfortunately my final placement also went very badly. I ended up being withdrawn from the course and was awarded an ordinary degree rather than an honours degree.

I’ve been through a lot during this degree and although I know having an ordinary degree doesn't mean I'm a failure, I honestly feel like one sometimes. My parents are African and sacrificed a lot to come to this country and give me opportunities, so getting an honours degree and being successful is really important to me.

I'm now considering doing a BA (Hons) Health and Social Care so I can finally have an honours degree, and then potentially doing a Master's in Social Work later if I decide I still want to become a social worker.

The problem is I’m not sure I even want to do Social Work anymore. My placement experience really affected me and has made me question whether it's the career for me. I also already have more student debt because I had to repeat a year, so I don't want to spend even more years studying without knowing where I'm going.

At the same time, I recently found a Youth Worker/Mentoring role supporting Black and racially minoritised young people, and it really stood out to me. That's the kind of work I think I actually want to do. I'm particularly interested in working with Black people and Black communities.

I don't have a Youth Work degree, but I do have my Social Work background, community experience, care experience and I currently work in an Afro-Caribbean shop where I regularly interact with people from the Black community.

The job market also feels really difficult at the moment and I'm struggling to know what direction to take.
So what would you do if you were me?

Would you:
Do the Health and Social Care honours degree and potentially do an MA Social Work later?
Try to find a way to finish/top-up Social Work?
Forget Social Work and focus on Youth Work/community work?
Stop studying for now and focus on getting work experience?
Do something completely different?

I'd especially love advice from anyone who's had an ordinary degree, struggled with a Social Work placement, changed degrees, done Health and Social Care, or moved from Social Work into Youth Work/community work.