A briefing note by the National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) warns that the proportion of children referred under section 25 of the Children Act 1989 who were offered a placement dropped by almost eight per cent between 2018 and 2020.
In 2018, 57.69 per cent of young people referred to secure children’s homes under welfare grounds were offered a placement, this figure decreased to 50.95 per cent in 2019 and 49.77 per cent in 2020.
The findings, based on data shared by the Secure Welfare Coordination Units, have been published as part of a series of briefings by NYAS on the use of secure children’s homes for welfare which will be published over the next year.
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