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Failed By The System: The views of young care leavers on their educational experiences
As a leading children’s charity, Barnardo’s wanted to find out more about the factors that inhibit children doing better and what young people themselves felt and thought about their experiences of education We surveyed 66 young people aged between 16 and 21 who had been in care and who are supported by Barnardo’s Leaving Care projects.
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The Placement of Looked After Children in Wales: A “top-down” perspective
Andrew Pithouse and Anne Crowley outline key findings and themes arising from an All Wales survey of local authority placements commissioned by the National Assembly for Wales.
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The Fostering Network: Wales foster care allowances survey 2019-20
This report focuses purely on the allowances given to the foster carer to cover the costs of looking after a fostered child…
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The experiences and outcomes of children and young people from Wales receiving Secure Accommodation Orders
Social Care Wales commissioned a project to explore the experiences of children and young people from Wales who received Secure Accommodation Orders between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2018.
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Mapping what works: Safely reducing entry of children and young people into statutory care
The increasing number of children and young people entering statutory care in the UK is a significant social, health and educational priority…
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Assessing parental capacity to change when children are on the edge of care: an overview
Assessing Parental Capacity to Change when Children are on the Edge of Care is an overview of current research evidence, bringing together some of the key research messages concerning factors which promote or inhibit parental capacity to change…
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