Some key resources which illustrate the challenges associated with meeting the needs of Looked After Children and Care Leavers:
Perceptions of Care
Perceptions of Care – Become (2017)
Care and Emotional/Mental Health
Achieving emotional well-being for looked after children – NSPCC (2015)
Care and Education
The education of children in care: a research review – Welbourne & Leeson (2012)
The Educational Progress of Looked After Children in England – The Nuffield Foundation (2015)
Care and Criminal Justice
Leaving Care
Resilience and young people leaving care: overcoming the odds – Mike Stein (2005)
After care: Young people’s views on leaving care – Ofsted (2012)
Access all areas – NCAS (2012)
public accounts committee – care leavers transition to adulthood (2015)
Keep on Caring – HM Government (2016)
Care outcomes and policy
Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers) year ending 31 March 2015
Outcomes for Looked After Children by Local Authority in England as at 31 March 2014
Children’s Commissioner’s – Stability Index for Children in Care (2017)
Some Useful Websites/Organisations
Rees: The Care Leavers Foundation
Further resources which are also available: