
In a meeting focused on residential care, Ofsted’s national director of social care and regulation Yvette Stanley said the rollout of early help initiatives including family hubs, designed to support vulnerable families and children from birth to 18, would not “greatly impact” a rising number of teenagers referred to local authority children’s services.
Such young people and their families need “targeted” and “intensive” support including the creation of specialist foster care placements and children’s homes, Stanley said.
“I’m a passionate believer in the family hubs but these families are not going to be greatly impacted, it’s about crisis support, it’s often about intensive mental health services which are really poor for children in this country.
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