With the emphasis on improved outcomes for all children, there is a recognition that particular attention needs to be paid to those who are looked after. The state has a responsibility to be an effective corporate parent and each local authority must examine the way that it meets the needs of children in its care, to ensure that they are not just cared for, but cared about.Putting Corporate Parenting into Practice provides materials for those with responsibility for services to looked after children and care leavers across the council and partner agencies. The toolkit will support them in developing training programmes, including the training of councillors, and in reviewing and developing the council's corporate parenting arrangements.Offering practical support rather than guidance, this toolkit includes a CD of presentations, activities, briefings, practice examples and a film case study of a good corporate parent.