CYP Now hosted the Life After Care event last week to launch the research, jointly commissioned with the Bryn Melyn Group Foundation and conducted by QA Research.
Trevor Akerman, leaving care manager at Richmond Council, said the research highlighted some "very familiar" messages. "There's a huge amount of inconsistency," he said. "Legislation is clear about local authorities' statutory requirements but it's not being adhered to."
Akerman added that Care Matters would help in making local authorities consider their responsibilities but said it was still "not quite good enough".
Jayne Speat, a social worker specialising in drug treatment in the children's directorate at Stockport Council, agreed that nationally care leaving services were not up to scratch. "Some just don't have adequate provision," she said.
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