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...
The largest independent providers of children’s social care saw profits of more than £300m last year, a new report commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals. The report by Revolution Consulting...
Pause has published a report on families experiencing repeat removals of children into care in England. The report highlights the issue of repeat removals and calls on the government to improve support to ensure...
The John Lewis Partnership has doubled down on its pledge to support care leavers, launching a new range designed by people with experience of the care system. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young...
The number of care leavers who experience or are threatened by homelessness has increased by a third since 2018, according to figures released by care charity Become. The figures relate to local authority housing...
Foundations has published a report on the types of support provided by local authorities (LAs) to kinship carers in England. The report includes a survey of 80 LAs and interviews with practitioners. Findings show: 88%...
Kinship has published a new report exploring the views of kinship carers across England and Wales. The report highlights issues facing kinship families such as provision of financial, practical and emotional support...
Barnardo’s has published a report on discrimination, racism, exclusion and isolation faced by young Black people within the care system, including residential settings, foster care placements, education, mental health...
Children who have been in care are more likely to be involved with the youth justice system, a new study has found. The study from Administrative Data UK surveyed 2.3 million children born between 1996 and 1999. It...
The ADR UK Research Fellowship project have published a study on looked after children and rates of youth justice caution or conviction in England. The study used Ministry of Justice & Department for Education data...
The largest ever study of care experience and the youth justice system in England has revealed that children who have lived in care are eight times more likely to have received a youth justice caution or conviction than...
