The government released its response to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care yesterday (3 February), which detailed a £2m package of measures to reform the children’s social care system, though sector leaders have questioned whether the response goes far enough to implement the needed reforms.
One concern of sector leaders is that the response does not include the remove policies which allow the use of unregulated supported accommodation for 16-and 17-year-olds.
Experts have expressed concerns that the proposals put forward, which were recently consulted on, around regulating this type of accommodation do not meet the needs of looked-after teenagers.
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