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Children’s social care statistics for Northern Ireland presents figures, collected from each of the five health and social care trusts, for children in need at 31 March and year ending 31 March.
Children and young people share their experiences of living in social care settings, including children’s homes, boarding schools, residential special schools, and living with foster carers.
Summary of findings This year, we received 48,240 survey responses from…
Evaluation findings from year 1 of the family finding and befriending and mentoring programme.
Report on looked-after children and young people with multiple needs who are at risk of, or subject to, a deprivation of liberty.
This annual publication details statistical information on children adopted from care in Northern Ireland.
A range of outcome measures at national and local authority level for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities.
Information on the stability of children looked after on 31 March 2024.
Findings from stages 2 and 3 of the children’s homes workforce census.
Statistics on approved placements by type, sex, age, ethnicity and length of stay.
This annual publication presents information on those who left care during the previous financial year, as well as the circumstances of those who have left care at the time of their nineteenth birthday.
This publication presents information on children in Northern Ireland who have been looked after continuously for 12 months or longer at 30 September each year.
Findings from stage 1 of the children’s homes workforce census.
A report on what ‘complex needs’ means to local authority and children’s home staff and how they support children with these needs.
Information on looked after children at both national and local authority levels for the reporting year 2022 to 2023.
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