We are excited to share that Joy will be joining the Scottish Adoption and Fostering Team over the summer as our Podcast Production Intern. Joy, a University of Glasgow Masters Student, will be spending eight weeks interning with us from June. Her main focus will be working alongside our Young Ambassadors to launch our We Talk Adoption and Fostering Podcast, formerly known as TeenTalk.

We Talk Adoption and Fostering (WTAF) is a platform that has been created to give a voice to young people with experience of being in the care system. As part of this platform we will be launching a small podcast series that covers a range of topics our Young Ambassadors have highlighted as being important issues to them – stay tuned for more information over the summer!

Asked about how she is feeling about starting her internship Joy said, “I am really looking forward to my role within the Scottish Adoption and Fostering team over the summer, and particularly excited to work alongside the young ambassadors.”

We know Joy is going to be brilliant in her role and look forward to sharing some of the podcasts that she helps to produce!

We are delighted to announce that at the beginning of February Lynsey became our new Children and Participation Worker. Lynsey joined the Scottish Adoption and Fostering team in 2019 as a Parent Practitioner, before becoming a support worker in the adoption support team in 2021.

Asked about how she is feeling about starting her new role Lynsey said, “I am really looking forward to my role within the Scottish Adoption and Fostering team, especially working with the children’s groups and young ambassadors.”

We know she is going to be brilliant in her new role and look forward to more of our families getting to work with her!