A care order represents one of the most significant state interventions in England and Wales. The end of the care order is an equally important intervention, often meaning a withdrawal of state statutory support and monitoring, and children returning home to birth parents, living with a kinship carer or living independently.
Despite its importance, little is known about the discharge of care orders. As with care proceedings, discharge proceedings are potentially traumatising and distressing for parents and children alike. Understanding more about discharge proceedings is necessary to explore if and how practice, policy and law need to change to better meet the needs of children and families.
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