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...
Five London boroughs have joined forces to launch a therapeutic care programme funded with a £4.5m social impact bond, in a bid to keeping more than 350 vulnerable young people out of care. Lisa Barclay, director of...
The Howard League for Penal Reform has published a briefing paper looking at the policing of children’s homes in England and Wales. The report finds that: police forces receive a high number of callouts from some...
Just for Kids Law have released a short animated film showing the perspective of young care experienced parents at risk of having a child taken into care. Source: Animated film – if I could talk to me Date: 12 December...
Grandparent’s Plus has published a report on the experiences and outcomes for young people growing up in kinship care, compared with the progress of care leavers and their peers in the general population. Findings from...
A survey has found that adopted children are 20 times more likely to be excluded than their peers. The adoption charity’s survey of 2,084 adoptive parents found an exclusion rate (across all four UK nations) of 1...
The number of care leavers who are not in education, employment or training (Neet) has increased over the last four years, government figures have revealed. Care leavers are three times more likely to be out of work or...
“It felt like no-one was there for me and no-one cared – I was crying myself to sleep every night.” This is what life was like for Callum after he was taken into care aged 13 in 2008, following the...
Care sector leaders have criticised the government’s latest plans to deal with the dispute over backpay for sleep-in shift workers. Derek Lewis, the chair of Mencap, said he was “dismayed” by the government’s...
This research arose from concern about the prevalence of UK adoptions of children with significant levels of emotional, behavioural and/or therapeutic needs, and the fact that these are being made in a context where...
Nine out of 10 foster carers are being paid less than the national living wage, a study has found. Nearly one in four foster carers makes less than £1.70 an hour in fees, based on a 40-hour week. Picture: Paul Carter...
