Every single one of them has experienced some form of trauma in their lives, and they are some of the most vulnerable children in our society.
Earlier this month, the independent review of children’s social care recognised that improvements need to be made in children’s care homes. It called for a ‘pragmatic re-think’ of the current system. Although we currently hear a lot of rhetoric around ‘rebuilding’, we need to go much further and radically reform the children’s care home sector. This should centre on developing a comprehensive trauma-informed national framework that can outline and appraise what good quality care should look like for children who have suffered trauma.
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