Secure care is in crisis. A shortage of suitable placements means long waits for the support and stability vulnerable children and young people desperately need.
Many end up in inappropriate or unregistered settings that add to trauma and distress and make it harder for young people to move on with their lives.
Children entering secure care need to feel safe and form trusting relationships with adults to recover.
This is why it is time to rethink our approach to secure provision. To that end, a core group of three universities – Bournemouth University, Northumbria University and Leeds Beckett University – is working with fellow researchers, practitioners and other key players in the sector to gather evidence that can be used to improve secure care and outcomes for children.
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