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...
More than one in three children are separated from siblings when they go into care, new analysis from England’s children’s commissioner reveals. Dame Rachel de Souza’s Siblings in Care report found that there are...
Children in foster care are more likely to be concerned about their family life than other children, a report has found. Children aged nine to 17 living in foster care were found to be more worried about various aspects...
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...
Ofsted has published a report about the experiences of children living with foster carers, in children’s homes or residential schools in England. Findings from an online survey of 5,749 children include: overall 87%...
Coram has published a report from the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board looking at racial disparity in adoption in England. Findings include: Black children are overrepresented in the care system, wait...
Billions of pounds in savings can be made to the economy each year through adopting children in care, a report looking at the outcomes of adoption has found. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young...
Increasing numbers of emotionally troubled children have been taken into care while waiting long periods for NHS treatment because their condition deteriorated to the point where their parents could no longer cope with...
Black children are more likely to end up in care but less likely to be adopted, new research shows.
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More than half of care-experienced young people said they were in favour of making care experience a protected characteristic as suggested in the Care Review, a charity report finds Read the full article on this link to...
My Family Group has published a report on supporting Muslim-heritage children in the care system. The report focuses on themes that emerged from the group’s annual roundtable event which included discussion around...
