Organisation Northerncare
Performance Children living within their authority and children agreeing to a visitor or advocate
Percentage of children in placement at 31 March who were living within their placing authority boundary:
25% in 2008
38% in 2009
Percentage of children in a placement for 12 months or more who are unable to see their family and who have agreed to have an independent visitor or advocate:
0% in 2008
20% in 2009
Northerncare opened its first children's home in August 1999. It now operates 32 homes nationwide and looks after more than 160 children and young people.
As it celebrates its 10th anniversary the care provider is able to show a number of improvements in how it is supporting children in its care.
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