Ready or Not: Care leavers’ views of preparing to leave care
Ofsted (January 2022)
Previous research has generally focused on outcomes for care leavers, such as educational attainment and where they live after care (including being homeless and spending time in custody). There is less research with a specific focus on the preparation and planning for leaving care, how ready care leavers felt for independence and what involvement they had in developing plans for their life after care.
Ofsted wanted to hear directly from care leavers and children currently preparing to leave care about how professionals – for example, carers, social workers, personal advisers (PAs) and others – helped them plan and prepare for the transition to adulthood. It also wanted to find out whether this support was what those leaving care needed, so that inspectors could use this to inform inspections of councils, children's homes and others involved in supporting care leavers.
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