Imagine you gathered a group of people together and gave them the ingredients and instructions to bake a cake. If they followed the instructions eventually, they should all be able to bake a cake. At a much bigger level if you gathered your top...
Care leavers’ views about transition: a literature review
Considerable attention has been given to the vulnerability of young people leaving care in the UK in their transition to adulthood. To date, however, there has been limited focus on the perceptions of care leavers about what factors enable…...
Change the law on ‘children’s home’ definition, urges ICHA
The term “children’s home” should be legally protected and used only to describe regulated settings, a sector body has said in response to negative media reports. The new definition should be produced by the Department for...
The Adoption Barometer
The adoption landscape is constantly shifting. In recent years, the number of adoptions has fallen, but the number of children being taken into care has risen. Regionalisation in England and Wales has changed the structures within which adoption...
Adoption
Adoption UK has published a report looking at the experiences of adoptive families and their children across the UK in 2018. Findings from responses to a survey from 3,500 adoptive parents include: 56% of established families reported that...
North East council care homes: Hundreds of children go missing
An average of more than 100 children go missing from council-run care in the North East every year, a BBC investigation has discovered. Figures from 11 local authorities showed at least 596 youngsters disappeared in the five years up to April this...
