Death rate three to four times higher than among general population blamed on isolation of those leaving care
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The charity Become has published a report on the experiences of girls in care placed far from their local area and support networks. The report highlights the voices of eight care-experienced young women in...
Ofsted has published a report analysing children’s social care sufficiency in England. The report presents a new index to measure the sufficiency of children’s social care provision, looking at how...
Kinship foster care – where a child is fostered by a family friend or relative – is “too infrequently explored” across England and Wales as an option for children in care, new government data suggests Read the full...
Adoption England has launched its three-year strategy to “modernise adoption services” in England, setting a goal to recruit adopters from diverse communities to support more children’s needs Read more on...
Institution to independence I started university at the age of 23 after spending 10 years in care homes and psychiatric hospitals. Throughout those years one of the things that kept me hopeful was my dream to go to...
The Education Committee has launched a survey that asks care leavers of all ages about the help they received whilst in care and the types of placements they experienced, such as foster care, kinship, residential or...
Events designed to allow children in care to reconnect with separated siblings could help local authorities to support future meaningful contact, according to an evaluation of an early pilot programme. Read the full...
The number of initial enquiries from potential foster carers in England has fallen to its lowest level in five years.
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The Children’s Commissioner has published a report looking at child in need plans in England based on an analysis of published local authority procedures and Department for Education data. Key findings include: notable...
The Leicestershire Cares’ Joining Up Joining In (JUJI) project, funded by the Blagrave Trust, is celebrating the County Council’s decision to treat “Care Experience” as a protected characteristic, after their lead...
Corporate parenting duties on councils should be extended across a raft of other public sector organisations, including the NHS and government departments, according to a cross-party group of MPs and peers. Read the...
One of England’s largest affordable housing and care providers in England has apologised after publishing a property advert which banned care leavers from applying. Read the full article on this link to Children &...
