My Star
For children and young people in a wide range of settings
Who is My Star for?
My Star has been developed for children and young people in a wide range of settings. It is primarily aimed at children aged 7-14. It is designed to be child-centred rather than context-specific. It can be used to work with children in vulnerable families, children in out-of-home care and those with foster carers.
My Star helps to support children and young people identify progress towards key outcomes like physical health, where you live, being safe and relationships, and give clarity on where to focus next.
- Other Stars that can be used with My Star
My Star can be used alongside the Family Star and Family Star Plus where services and workers interact directly with both children and parents. Please see the suite of Family Stars for more information.
Using the Outcomes Star approach
My Star is designed to be used as part of the Outcomes Star approach. That’s why we provide essential training and ongoing support to all licenced practitioners, so you can embed the Outcomes Star approach in your practice.
How does My Star work?
My Star covers eight key outcome areas to help support children and young people in a range of settings to support their wellbeing and to thrive. It assesses their progress towards each following a five-stage Journey of Change.
You and the child or young person you support will out the Star together, and use it to better identify where their strengths lie and where they might need more help, and to make plans for moving forward along the journey.
Outcome areas
Physical health
Where you live
Being safe
Relationships
Feelings and behaviour
Friends
Confidence & self esteem
Education & learning
The Journey of Change
01
Stuck
02
Accepting help
03
Trying
04
Finding what works
05
Resilient
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Always rooted in expertise and experience
My Star was developed in collaboration with Family Action, Action for Children, Westminster Council and Coram, plus a number of smaller voluntary organisations through part-funding from the UK government Department for Education Growing Our Strengths programme. This was also the first international collaboration in the development of a Star, with the Salvation Army Westcare in Melbourne, Australia.
