Transforming the Lives and Raising the Aspirations of Children and Young People in Care and Care Leavers

Welcome to The Transformed You®

We are Care Experienced Specialist providers of an Intervention and Support Service, designed to transform the lives and raise the aspirations of Children and Young People in Care and Care Leavers.

We understand that Children and Young People enter the Care System filled with trauma, rejection and fear, and are often seen as vulnerable and at high risk because they have complex behaviour, social and emotional difficulties, that stem from their journey into Care and through Care, which has an impact on their mental health and emotional wellbeing and on their outcomes and life chances.

Please note: The Care System we describe as Children and Young People being placed in Foster Care or in a Residential Children's Home.

Our Service helps to improve their Care Experience, outcomes and life chances in the following ways:

Through our 1:1 Intervention and Support Mentoring Programme we guide our Mentees who are identified as having behaviour, emotional and social difficulties, through a bespoke transformative process tailormade to change the way they think about themselves, and empower them with all the essential Skills they need to Believe and See that they do have the ability to achieve and have the life and future they hope for. Access to Specialist Therapeutic Support can be included in this programme for each Mentee.

In our ‘My Life, My Skills’ Group/Peer Mentoring Programme, we focus on equipping our Mentees with the Life Skills they need now and will need after being in Care, and the Employability Skills they need to achieve their Aspirations.

Through our ‘I Am Going To Be…’ Group/Peer Mentoring Programme, we teach our Mentees how to identity and achieve their aspirations through education, employment or training.

Co-produced with a Team of Care Experienced Young People, Our Chapters are a series of monthly fun and engaging activities and workshops to support Children in Care and Young People in Care and Care Leavers age 10 – 25 to develop their social skills and equip them with the life skills they need to succeed.

Our Care Leaver Mentees have access to Our Pantry of essential Food items and essential Household items, with all of our Mentees able to Drop In for ongoing support as and when needed, up to and beyond age 25.

To support the ongoing professional development of the Children’s Social Care Sector Workforce, we deliver Training Courses with a focus on equipping our course participants with the knowledge, skills and solutions they need, to make a positive difference in the life of the Child or Young Person in their Care. Delivered by Care Experienced Professionals, our Courses bring an understanding of the True Voice of the Care Experienced, as they journey through the Care System.

We’re also the home of The Black Care Experience™, shaping a better Care Experience for Black Children and Young People.

You’ll find us at The Transformed You Hub, Unit 102 in MAKE IT Barking, 15 Linton Rd, Barking, IG11 8HE

Testimonials

  • "In working together with us you have been able to mentor and support a number of our most vulnerable young people who are at a point of crisis in their lives. The work that you have done is now enshrined in our Awards programme and we now proudly give out the annual Judith Denton Resilience Award".

    Janet Cassford – Aspire Virtual School Head Teacher at London Borough of Barking & Dagenham

  • “My Mentor is a very understanding person and very kind hearted and I couldn’t of asked for anyone better to work with”.

    1:1 Mentee

  • “I have found this service to be great in making a positive impact on my Young Person (YP). I would highly recommend this service for vulnerable YP’s in Care that need extra support and guidance”.

    Sumiaya Begum – Social Worker, Children’s Looked After Team at London Borough of Tower Hamlets

  • “I am thankful for all the help The Transformed You has helped me with, over the years they have been with me”.

    1:1 Mentee

  • “This (service)was particularly helpful in terms of the young person’s voice being heard and important issues for (them)being brought to the forefront”.

    Ashley Smyth – Social Worker, Children’s Looked After Team at London Borough of Islington

  • “I began working with my Mentor in May 2018. Before I met her, I was not happy at my Foster Placement and I was going to get kicked out of school. I found it hard to talk because I didn’t think anyone would listen to me or believe me. With my Mentors help, I can now speak up and she has helped me move to a better Placement. I am doing better at school. I have met her (my Mentor) at the right time and I think other kids like me should have a Mentor”.

    1:1 Mentee

  • “This Mentoring service is ‘First Class’ and with Looked After Children disappearing into PRUs or APs being the biggest ceiling to attainment (according to the latest Rees Report on Attainment), I recommend The Transformed You to help you improve their outcomes and life chances”.

    Davd Cregan – Virtual School Head Teacher at London Borough of Tower Hamlets

  • “When I first met my Mentor, she was very nice and understanding, but I was very shy and didn’t say much. I’ve come so far because of my Mentor. I never used to say much at meetings or at school if I wanted to change something because I was scared, but now I can’t shut my mouth because I didn’t realise how much speaking up would change my life. I am now finding my voice with The Transformed You! My question to you is do I think that children like me should have a Mentor from The Transformed You? My answer is Yes! Because they truly help you even if you think you can’t be helped, they will help you in one way or another”.

    1:1 Mentee

  • "I know from the Virtual School about the high quality of your mentoring work with young people in care and the difference it can make for them to work with an adult with experience and understanding of their circumstances – one who can support them towards a positive future”.

    Jane Hargreaves – Commissioning Director Education at London Borough of Barking & Dagenham

  • “My sessions are my safe space for me to just be my true self and discover more about myself”.

    1:1 Mentee

  • “There is something very reassuring that Judith was also once a child in care and somehow she managed to manoeuvre through all the system and be where she is right now, it allows the advice she gives to hold more weight in comparison to some other people who work in children services as I know that despite the fact our stories are different, she is able to relate".

    1:1 Mentee

  • “Working with my Mentor has changed everything about me. I used to be very angry but now I have calmed down and I am much better. I think children in care should have a Mentor because some kids are put down by their Parents, Carers and other people and a Mentor will help them to build their confidence and self-esteem as she has done with me”.

    1:1 Mentee

  • “Having a Mentor helps me to speak freely without the fear of being judged. My Mentor also encourages me and understands my problems. I recommend everyone should have a Mentor because it will help them to understand the right way to go in life”.

    1:1 Mentee

  • "The sessions helped me to learn new skills".

    My Life, My Skills Mentee

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