Charities are warning that more than 1,000 looked-after children are moved on from their placement every week. Between 2018 and 2021 there were 220,210 changes to care placements, the equivalent of 1,059...
The University of Oxford’s Rees Centre, at the Department of Education is partnering with Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers to define a new measurement of success for...
The Care Review does not go far enough to support care leavers’ pathway into society or support their mental health, a charity has said.
Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now
Almost four in 10 kinship carers had not received any legal advice about their rights and options for their kinship child, according to a new report from the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on kinship care. Some 82...
The residential care system does not have enough specialist provision to meet the needs of all children, according to the National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC). Read the full article on this...
Centre for Child and Family Justice Research (CFJ) has published a report which looks at the over-representation of care-experienced girls and women in the criminal justice system. Interviews were conducted with 17...
A group of organisations that supports refugee and migrant children is calling on the Care Review to ensure there is equality in the way the care system treats and protects these young people. Read the full article on...
The government needs to address rising numbers of young care leavers becoming homeless by introducing a series of stronger safeguards, a report warns. A joint briefing published by Just for Kids Law together with New...
The Fostering Network has published a report looking at how allegations made against foster carers are investigated. Findings from a survey of 3,352 foster carers from across the UK include: 14% of the foster carers who...
In recent months, we have been working with three of our care experienced young people on a national project which aims to improve welfare support for care leavers. Led by Learning and Work Institute, this project is...
Senior social worker calls for action in the only country of the UK that has not had a recent review
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian
The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has published a report summary sharing conclusions drawn from a recent study. As part of the study, 24 care-experienced children between the ages of 10 and 17 in England and Wales...
Adoptive parent Margaret Reynolds talks about the language used around children in care
Here the broadcast on this link to BBC
