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Barnet Council is responsible for the care and support you receive while you are in our care. The responsibility for corporate parenting sits with the whole council, Councillors, community services, education support, schools, and health services. As your ‘Corporate Parents’, we are committed to making sure that we are effective parents. This involves ensuring you are safeguarded and you are provided with the opportunities you need to achieve the best in your childhood, adolescence and adulthood.

Advocacy Services Advocacy Services can help you to express your views and making sure that these views are taken seriously.  An advocacy service will provide you with an independent advocate when situations occur that need to be mediated and a trained professional can advocate on your behalf, ensuring your rights are respected and that your views and wishes are heard.  An advocate: 

Barnet Virtual School supports the education of all young people who are looked after by the Borough of Barnet and all those who have been previously looked after up to the age of 25. We also have strategic duties for all children with a social worker.  We are here to make sure all our young people are getting the best educational opportunities and are dedicated to helping you get the best you can from your educational experience so you have exciting choices later in life. 

Onwards and Upwards is a vibrant centre based at Woodhouse Road. The centre provides opportunities and support to our care experienced young people and children in care in the through care team or the unaccompanied asylum-seeking children’s (UASC) team.  You can receive support from the service, Monday to Friday between 9.15am - 4.45pm. The following services are available on-site:  

We aim to provide the best possible service to you and welcome any feedback you may have about the service you receive. We need your feedback to ensure that we are always learning and improving our services to you and other children, young people and families who access our services.

Welcome message from BOP We are BOP

Children and young people helped us develop the My Say Matters strategy. Many of them have told us that they know they have a right to be heard and they have lots to say. Children and young people in the borough told us that equality, diversity and inclusion need to be at the heart of My Say Matters. This means everyone will be supported to share their voice and express themselves fully. Especially those from racially diverse, migrant and LGBT+ communities, disabled children and other marginalised groups.