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...
Newport Council, in Wales, passed the motion on 23 January, with Camden Council following suit on 29 January and becoming the 76th UK council to pledge to consider discrimination against those with care experience when...
Ofsted has published a report examining provision for children with complex needs in children’s homes in England. The report explores the broad use of the term ‘complex needs’ in placement decisions; challenges for...
The Association for Fostering, Kinship and Adoption (AFKA) has published a report evaluating the Siblings Reunited (STAR) service in Scotland that helps siblings separated in care stay in touch. AFKA spoke with...
There has been a sharp rise in the number of social care placements costing £10,000 a week, a Local Government Association (LGA) survey has revealed. While in 2018/19 there were 120 such placements, this figure rose to...
Two-thirds of children in custody have been in local authority care, a new report finds, prompting calls for an improvement in relationships between children and staff to create a “stable environment” for young people...
During the summer Leicestershire Cares started a piece of research across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland exploring people views and opinions on protecting those of care experience under the Equality Act 2010...
Every child assessed as homeless by their local authority should be brought into care, the children’s commissioner for England has said after research revealed that almost 6,500 teenagers were homeless or at risk of...
As part of the Joining Up Joining In project funded from the Blagrave Trust Leicestershire Cares conducted a survey in partnership with their care experienced peer researchers. So far on the project, four young people...
Private sector fostering agencies are being called on to “transition to not-for-profit operation” by a group of trauma experts. The Centre of Excellence in Child Trauma wants to see all fostering agencies “prioritising...
Barnardo’s has published a report looking at how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting children and young people leaving care in England. The report includes interviews with 16- to 25-year-olds who have lived...
