The Kids in Care group is for people whose children are not in their care. The course helps people deal with the grief and loss experienced when their children are formally removed, and to develop positive strategies to deal with their circumstances which are discussed and explored throughout. This presentation/workshop will describe the sensitive issues that clients of Kids in Care bring to the group work context. From a practitioners’ perspective, we explore the challenges of this work, namely the stigma, alienation and trauma that characterises client narratives during group sessions.