Childcare and family care

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The Social Work service has a duty to protect the welfare of children in need. This includes children and young people who:

• are at risk of harm or neglect
• are in trouble with the police
• have additional support needs
• are in our care
• are young carers
• have relationship difficulties with their family

Find out more about:

• Adoption and fostering
• Domestic abuse
• Throughcare
• Young carers
• Youth justice services
• the Children's Panel

You might also be interested in:

• Kinship care

How we can support you
The kind of help we can offer depends on the needs of each child and their family, taking into account their, faith, cultural and social background.

If you or someone else on your behalf, has asked us for help, we need to find out more about your family. This means we need to collect information, discuss this with you and agree what might be done and what services we can offer.

If you are interested in looking after children, either by fostering, adoption or lodgings for a care leaver, we are always looking for suitable people. Please look at the pages on adoption and fostering mentioned in the right hand menu.

Some of the services we provide include:

• children's residential units
• family support
• child protection

If you would like more information or advice on any of the subjects mentioned above please contact us by:

• email: childcare@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 842 5159
• or write to us at:
  Renfrewshire Council
  Child Care Services
  Social Work
  Paisley Area Team
  Abbey House
  8 Seedhill Road
  Paisley, PA1 1AJ

HandsOnScotland is an online resource for anybody working with or caring for children and young people. For more information please visit the HandsOnScotland website, which provides practical information and techniques on how to respond helpfully to children and young people's troubling behaviour and offers advice and activities on how to help them flourish.

The website was commissioned by the Scottish Government through Heads up Scotland and was developed by Playfield Institute (NHS Fife) in partnership with Barnardo's and the University of Dundee.

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