The survey, which questioned 1,172 children in care or living away from home, also found that 22 per cent of the 794 young people that responded to the question, either didn’t know whether they had a care plan or didn’t know what a care plan was.
Children in foster care were more likely than children in children’s homes to report feeling settled in their placement, with 89 per cent of children in foster care saying they were in the right placement, compared with 66 per cent of those in children’s homes.
The study asked children if they understood the reasons behind their last placement move. Out of the 576 children in care who responded to the question, nine per cent said they didn’t know why they had moved last time their placement changed.
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