Helping Children Looked After feel safe, supported and able to thrive.


Relationship-based support that provides consistency, emotional safety and a trusted adult, helping children engage, grow and thrive.

Why Consistency Matters

Children Looked After often experience multiple changes throughout their lives. A consistent, trusted adult can provide the stability, relationship and emotional safety needed to support long-term progress.

Understanding the Challenges

Disrupted relationships, instability and barriers to education.

Placement changes.

Trust difficulties.

Emotional regulation challenges.

Risk of exclusion or disengagement.

Our Role

Advotalk provides a consistent, trusted adult within school. Through weekly sessions we build relationships that promote emotional stability, confidence, engagement and resilience.

What consistent support looks like

Weekly 1:1 sessions

Consistent practitioner

Immediate safeguarding response

Liaison with schools, carers and professionals

Flexible support around placement changes

Termly impact summaries

Outcomes

Improved engagement with education

Increased emotional regulation

Greater stability within school and placements

Reduction in behavioural incidents

Reduced risk of escalation

Why Virtual Schools and schools choose Advotalk

  • Consistency – same adult weekly
  • Embedded within school systems
  • Safeguarding-led approach
  • Flexible and responsive delivery
  • Trusted by schools and Virtual Schools

“Advotalk is such an asset to the school. They are always available for meetings with parents, children or staff. A really valuable service and we wouldn’t be without it.”

– School Leader

Access Support

We work directly with Virtual Schools and schools to provide tailored support for Children Looked After students.