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...
Social work leaders and people with care experience have criticised the Department for Education’s decision to push forward with plans to implement “inadequate and unethical” standards for supported accommodation...
Researchers from Manchester Metropolitan University, Lancaster University, Liverpool John Moore University and University of Bristol have written a report analysing 36 local authority protocols on reducing unnecessary...
Local authorities should move away from a “one size fits all” approach to tackling behavioural issues involving children in care, which can include calling police into residential settings, research recommends. Read the...
Carers Trust has written a report on their annual survey of young carers. 1,109 young carers (aged under 18) and young adult carers (aged 18-25) took part in the survey from across the UK. Findings include: 57% said...
Coram Voice and The Rees Centre at the University of Oxford have published a report on kinship care which analyses the views and experiences of children in kinship foster care. Findings from surveys of over 1,200...
The number of young people who provide at least 20 hours of unpaid care to loved ones each week has risen over the past decade, with nearly 140,000 under-24s now acting as young carers, recent census data has found...
The government has published its response to more than 80 recommendations made in the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care. Backed by £200m in funding – less than 10 per cent of the £2.6bn called for by review...
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a research report looking at the experiences of siblings in care. Findings from a new analysis of available data include: an estimated 37% of children with a...
As a care leaver-turned-social worker, I’m appalled by the Tories’ paltry plans for the care sector
Rebekah Pierre
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Support services for women who have had children removed from their care are being forced to close as local authorities tighten budgets amid the cost-of-living crisis. Read the full article on this link to Children...
