Building better social care in Wales
When the state takes over the parenting of someone else’s child, it has both a legal and moral responsibility to be a good parent. Quite often this will require determined effort to remedy the inadequacies or serious failure of the earlier parenting experienced by the young person. Read More
At Your Life Your Story we acknowledge the scientifically proven links between childhood adversity, social isolation and adult mental health and wellbeing… Read More
We are extremely pleased to publish the literature review on ‘Children and Young People’s Views on being in Care’, which seeks to highlight the voices of looked after children from existing research, on their journey through the care system. Read More
This project was the first major study in the UK to explore the relationship between educational outcomes, young people’s care histories and individual characteristics. Read More
This Review has provided the opportunity to revisit and reassert the fundamental purposes of education for the children and young people of Wales and to recommend curriculum and assessment arrangements that can best fulfil those purposes Read More
In December 2014 the Welsh Government, on behalf of Welsh Ministers, invited tenders for a study to explore the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales. Read More
Currently, there is no national collection of children and young people’s views on their wellbeing. National measures tend to focus on Read More
Statistics show that the number of students coming in to Higher Education (HE)1 from a care background remains extremely low across the UK. Read More
This chapter, aimed principally at teachers and managers in education services, outlines the context and practice issues in relation to looked after children in education in Scotland. Read More
This report focuses on one element of the responsibilities of the corporate parent: to help children and young people who are looked after achieve their educational potential. Read More
