All the different types of kinship care arrangement would then be anchored to that definition, gathered in one place. Time To Define calls for a definition to be the first step in establishing an improved framework for supporting children raised in kinship care and kinship carers.
Time to define struck a chord. In May 2022, in a major milestone for our campaign, the Independent Care Review of Children’s Social Care in England recommended there should indeed be a clear definition of kinship care enshrined in primary legislation. Organisations and individuals including the Local Government Association, Kinship Carers UK, and Buttle UK all endorsed our call for a definition of kinship care. As did former Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Alan Johnson. The proposal featured in Liberal Democrat MP, Munira Wilson’s Kinship Care Bill. In November 2022 the Labour Front Bench endorsed it too.
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