Findings from Ofsted’s recently published research on the experiences of care leavers make for dispiriting reading.
Despite efforts made by many children’s services teams to ensure children in care are supported to move on and live happy, independent lives, the report shows many feel unprepared, isolated and alone.
Young people are still being given bin bags to pack their possessions in – a practice social care leaders promised to do away with more than 15 years ago.
“It is frustrating for those of us who have spent many years in children’s services, thinking we have made improvements and then not seeing them embedded and sustained,” says Ofsted’s national director for social care Yvette Stanley.
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