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...
Nine areas have been chosen to pilot mental health assessments for children when they enter the care system. The Department for Education-funded pilot is to take place over the next two years in a bid to improve mental...
Social workers are to be handed devolved budgets to directly support families and be located in schools, as part of two pilot schemes aimed at reducing the need for children to be taken into care. What Works Centre...
Research in Practice (RiP) has released new learning resources aimed at children’s services practitioners. Topics include: the impact of domestic abuse and controlling behaviour on children in a family...
A year after being appointed, the government’s national implementation adviser for care leavers has published his first annual report looking at the quality of support across England. Mark Riddell was previously...
Inequalities in the care system: report The Nuffield Foundation has published research on ethnic inequalities in the care system in England. Data was collected from a study of 6,000 children in England on child...
“In schools and classrooms around the UK, a group of children are falling dramatically behind. They are more likely to be excluded, more likely to have social, emotional and mental health difficulties and more...
The Department for Education (DfE) has published a national protocol to reduce the unnecessary criminalisation of looked after children and care leavers in England. Key principles include: a strong corporate parenting...
More children in care are to be offered places at boarding schools as part of a new government drive, the Department for Education has announced. The DfE wants more looked-after children to be placed in boarding schools...
The Social Market Foundation report on looked-after children – The silent crisis This report analysed inspection data from Ofsted, which assesses local councils’ services for children in need of help and...
The government is urging councils, the police and courts across England to sign up to an agreement aimed at reducing the unnecessary criminalisation of looked-after children and care leavers. The national protocol calls...
