The Guardian has reported on research from Oxford University looking at how the outsourcing of children’s social care to the private sector has influenced placement locality and long-term stability over...
Over the past few months we have been working with a group of care experienced young people to think about some of the issues that are most prevalent in their lives. Over this time we have worked Children...
A programme helping children in care to maintain positive relationships with family members has been found to deliver year-on-year improvements to their mental health and wellbeing, a study shows. The...
The Guardian has reported on research from Oxford University looking at how the outsourcing of children’s social care to the private sector has influenced placement locality and long-term stability over time...
Over the past few months we have been working with a group of care experienced young people to think about some of the issues that are most prevalent in their lives. Over this time we have worked Children, Young People...
A programme helping children in care to maintain positive relationships with family members has been found to deliver year-on-year improvements to their mental health and wellbeing, a study shows. The research, carried...
More than one in four children in care in need of mental health support struggled to access help during the Covid-19 pandemic, research has revealed
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When the BBC’s Ashley John-Baptiste reported on people who had been separated from brothers and sisters while growing up in care, he never anticipated that hundreds of people who’d had similar experiences...
Virtual mental health pilots for children in care need improvement if they are to be rolled out UK-wide, after evaluation found that just one centre involved in the trial plans to carry on offering the support. The...
The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care has published a summary of engagement with care experienced children and young people (aged 10-25) since June 2021. Areas covered in the summary include: wellbeing;...
Poor mental well-being is commonly associated with care experienced young people. Their lives of abrupt endings, unreliable stability, loss of connections and adverse childhood experiences can result in poor mental well...
Children coming into residential care have usually experienced trauma and rejection. Whether they have been removed from biological parents or from adoptive or foster placements which have broken down, many will feel...
Findings are presented from the second phase of a UK longitudinal study of 33 gay father, 35 lesbian mother, and 43 heterosexual parent families when their adopted children reached early adolescence. Participants...
