Supporting Kinship Carers at Work | Kabir Family Law

Kabir Family Law is proud to be a Kinship Friendly Employer and to support colleagues who are kinship carers – family members or friends who step in to raise a child when their parents are unable to do so. We recognise that kinship care often begins in difficult and unexpected circumstances, and that colleagues in this position may need understanding, flexibility and clear support.

Our Kinship Friendly Employer journey

Kabir Family Law is participating in the Kinship Friendly Employer scheme and implementing the measures required for Bronze Standard recognition with Kinship, the leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. This reflects our commitment to recognising, valuing and supporting kinship carers within our own workplace, as well as the kinship carers we support through our family law practice.

What kinship care means

Kinship carers are relatives or friends who step up to raise a child when their parents are not able to do so, often during an unexpected crisis. Many kinship carers take on day to day parenting responsibilities while also navigating emotional, legal and financial pressures. We recognise the commitment this involves and want our policies and culture to respond with empathy and practical support. We are proud to be a Kinship Friendly Employer.

Our kinship friendly commitments – As part of our Kinship Friendly Employer journey, we are:

• Ensuring that kinship carers in our team are recognised within our family friendly policies, on the same basis as other colleagues with caring responsibilities.
• Providing managers with guidance to help them support kinship carers with flexibility and understanding.
• Improving internal signposting so that any colleague who becomes a kinship carer can easily find information about support and policies.
• Marking Kinship Care Week each year with internal communication and carefully considered social media activity to help raise awareness of kinship care and highlight available support.

These measures are part of our wider aim to be a practice that supports colleagues with diverse family responsibilities, including kinship carers and be a Kinship Friendly Employer.

Support and information for kinship carers

Colleagues at Kabir Family Law can refer to our internal employee handbook for full details of our kinship friendly policies and guidance. If you are a kinship carer looking for independent information, advice or support, we also encourage you to visit Kinship Compass for free, impartial guidance from Kinship.