Returning a child home to their family after a period in local authority care is a time of great upheaval and adjustment for both the child and their family.
The learning from case reviews highlights that professionals need to thoroughly assess the situation before returning children home. They need to carefully plan and prepare for the reunification, and continue to monitor the child’s safety and wellbeing before, during and after the return.
This briefing is based on case reviews published since 2010 that have highlighted lessons for returning children home from care.
Reasons case reviews were commissioned
In the case reviews since 2010, children died or suffered serious harm in a number of different ways:
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