Voice and Influence

The Voice and Influence (V&I) team is a group of care experienced adults in paid, permanent posts within Sheffield City Council. We've teamed up with them to demonstrate the importance of social work and its impact on young people across the city and the UK.

What is Voice and Influence?

Learn about the work of the Voice and Influence workers, how we collaborate with them, and the impact they're having on care-experienced children and young people.

Meet the team

Find out more about the Voice and Influence Workers, including their proudest achievements and a hand-picked selection of poems.

Meet the Voice and Influence team

Their role

The V&I team support a variety of voice and influence work to ensure care-experienced people are represented, including:

  • running a series of groups for those aged 7 to 25 that are care-experienced
  • coordinating their own Reverse Scrutiny Panel across social care
  • training professionals within the council
  • conducting research into areas where voices need to be heard.
seven hands laid flat on top of one another in a symbol of solidarity and teamwork

More about SheffKids

Read about the service on the Sheffkids website and see how you can get involved.

SheffKids

100+ scholarships - Firth Court building

Bursaries and scholarships

Find out what financial support you can receive to study with us.

Funding for postgraduate taught courses

We want to show you Sheffield

Watch this exclusive music video we created with the V&I team, showcasing the very best of our City.