The warning has come from the ombudsman in a report detailing the impact on young people in care and their families when councils “get things wrong”.
Many of these cases detail the severe emotional impact of poor care by local authorities.
This includes the case of a looked-after child who returned to her foster home when she turned 18 to find her bags packed and was immediately sent to live in a hostel.
“On the day she moved, she was surprised to find her belongings had been packed up. She was put in a taxi alone and sent to the hostel,” found the report, called Careless: Helping to improve council services to children in care.
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