Writing in her monthly commentary, Eleanor Schooling said: "While we are moving in the right direction to support our care leavers, there is still a long way to go."
She cited the difficulty young people face accessing help, particularly mental health support. She added that a lack of career support for care leavers is also an issue and expectations of them remain low.
"For too many, help is offered too late, when they are already in trouble when they have lost all faith in the system," she said.
However, she did highlight a number of cases of good practice in a variety of local authority areas, providing support to vulnerable young people before and after care.
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