Resources for professionals

These resources have been developed for adults supporting children and young people seeking asylum in the UK, including those working in education settings, community organisations and supported accommodation. The education and community toolkits are also available in Welsh.

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Childhood trauma, migration and asylum: a toolkit for providers of supported accommodation for unaccompanied asylum seeking children

This toolkit is for providers of supported accommodation. By providers we mean anyone registered with Ofsted in one of the four categories of supported accommodation run by companies or non-profit organisations, including local authority settings, where unaccompanied asylum seeking young people are housed when they are 16 and 17.

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Childhood trauma, migration and asylum: a toolkit for education settings

This toolkit for educational communities is intended for staff working in early years, schools, colleges, alternative provisions in the UK.

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Childhood trauma, migration and asylum: a toolkit for community organisations

This toolkit for community organisations is intended for staff and volunteers who do not have mental health training and work directly with children and young people seeking asylum in the UK.

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Workshop plan for community organisations

This workshop is designed to help non-mental health specialists to facilitate conversations about trauma and mental health with young people seeking asylum. The plan outlines ideas and activities for you to use flexibly and adapt to the needs of your group.

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A review of the evidence: Understanding educational experiences of children and young people who are seeking refuge and asylum

This literature review is focused on understanding the educational experiences of children and young people who are seeking refuge and asylum. Although not the focus of this review, studies were selected if they included consideration of childhood trauma.

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