Same thing happened to me and my family. They put a
us all in different care homes…made no sense. The children’s act says you must not do this.
Foster carers are rare. Foster carers willing to take on 3+ damaged children are very very rare.
The number of children in care is at an all-time high, according to latest figures from the Department for Education. As of 31 March 2021, 80,850 children – 67 in every 10,000 – were in care. the number is predicted to hit 100,000 by 2025/6.
This is an absolute disaster waiting to happen. Councils have extra no money, this combined with the inflation and the cost of living crisis are going to end up with a whole generation of children who have been failed by society.
People’s attitude to children in care, including of some commenting here, is frankly atrocious.
If the test for society is how we treat the most vulnerable, we have failed miserably.
For those wishing to talk about a) how it’s still better than elsewhere, okay so what? We’re still failing here. Or b) it’s not so bad, I’m just being hyperbolic. You’re wrong, by most metrics we are failing children in care.
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I read this yesterday.
Same thing happened to me and my family. They put a
us all in different care homes…made no sense. The children’s act says you must not do this.
Foster carers are rare. Foster carers willing to take on 3+ damaged children are very very rare.
The number of children in care is at an all-time high, according to latest figures from the Department for Education. As of 31 March 2021, 80,850 children – 67 in every 10,000 – were in care. the number is predicted to hit 100,000 by 2025/6.
This is an absolute disaster waiting to happen. Councils have extra no money, this combined with the inflation and the cost of living crisis are going to end up with a whole generation of children who have been failed by society.
People’s attitude to children in care, including of some commenting here, is frankly atrocious.
If the test for society is how we treat the most vulnerable, we have failed miserably.
For those wishing to talk about a) how it’s still better than elsewhere, okay so what? We’re still failing here. Or b) it’s not so bad, I’m just being hyperbolic. You’re wrong, by most metrics we are failing children in care.