This document replaces statutory guidance on ‘Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children’ issued in 2009… Read More
Keep on caring: supporting young people from care to independence
This strategy looks at how to improve services, support and advice for care leavers. It makes recommendations for local and national government, and wider sectors of society… Read More
Staying Put Scotland
Guidance for Local Authorities and other Corporate Parents: Supporting looked after children and young people to remain in care, as part of a staged transition towards adulthood and greater independence… Read More
Research project spotlight #5: The SWIS trial: An evaluation of school-based social work
A randomised controlled trial of an intervention which puts social workers into secondary schools across 21 English Local Authorities… Read More
Research project spotlight #4: Supporting children looked after in the youth justice system
Children looked after who have come into contact with the law are some of the most vulnerable members of society… Read More
Children and Communities Grant programmes
The Welsh government Children and Communities Grant programmes seek to address the support needs of the most vulnerable children and adults in our communities through a range of early intervention, prevention, and support mechanisms… Read More
Research project spotlight #3: Welsh community response to child criminal exploitation
Much of what is known about CCE relates to county lines, a model of drug supply that has become widespread across the United Kingdom. County lines operate using a dedicated mobile phone number to sell drugs from larger cities to end users living… Read More
Protected: Talk with Me: Speech, Language and Communication (SLC)
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Research project spotlight #2: How do looked after children engage online
Young people spend an increasing amount of time online, especially in the current climate, as the global pandemic has moved much of our social lives into the virtual realm. Going online allows for… Read More
Children looked after in Wales
On 31st March 2019, there were 6,845 children looked after in Wales, a further increase of 440 compared to the previous year. As a result, the gap between the rate of children looked after in Wales compared to other parts of the UK has continued to widen… Read More
