A House of Commons briefing paper offers background to out of area placements for looked after children in England, and explains the concerns raised by child welfare bodies about these arrangements. It also outlines the government’s response to the concerns and its plans to implement various reforms.
The web page for the brief states that the number of looked after children placed outside their home local authority rose by an estimated 28% between 2010 and 2020, increasing from 37% of all placements to 41% over the period.
Additionally, the number of looked-after children living in unregulated accommodation rose by 89% between the end of March 2010 and the end of March 2020, from 3,430 to 6,480.
Stakeholders inside the child protection sector have raised the following concerns about these arrangements:
- Long distance placements can be traumatic for children
- Children living far away from home are at greater risk of going missing
- Children can feel isolated and often do not see loved ones often enough when placed long distances away from them
You can access the report in full here.
Additional links:
- Sector split on unregulated placements overhaul as under-16s ban looms
- Doughty Street Chambers webinar: 16 & 17 year olds and unregulated accommodation
- New laws in England will leave 16-year-olds living alone
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Ah those “children’s homes ……… So many of them charge the local authority 3000-£4000/week per child to attend these privately owned moneyspinners . More than 3 times the fees paid by Buckingham palace to send Princes William and Harry to Eton !
Of course these kids get nothing like Eton,They live instead in run down terraced houses,with paint peeling of the front in Moss side Manchester and similar locations .happily staffed by gangs of paedophiles who think they are in paradise free to abuse any and all of these unfortunate resident children at their leisure.
Highly recomended by Jimmy Saville and Cyril Smith…………………
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‘Stakeholders inside the child protection sector have raised the following concerns about these arrangements:
Long distance placements can be traumatic for children
Children living far away from home are at greater risk of going missing
Children can feel isolated and often do not see loved ones often enough when placed long distances away from them’
They have forgot one.
Children living further away from home are at greater risk of physical harm and sexual abuse, who don’t get to see their loved ones as much, causing further trauma and emotional harm through such neglect.
I cannot believe these stakeholders failed to mention that one. It is a big one and I am concerned they have not mentioned that 😔🤔🕊️🦋
Xxxx
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They have forgot one.
Children living further away from home are at greater risk of physical harm and sexual abuse, who don’t get to see their loved ones as much, causing further trauma and emotional harm through such neglect.
I cannot believe these stakeholders failed to mention that one. It is a big one and I am concerned they have not mentioned that 😔🤔🕊️🦋
Xxxx
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