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Research report on a qualitative study into parental perspectives of supervision orders and care orders at home.
A range of outcome measures at national and local authority level for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England.
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.
Findings from a survey of children in care and care leavers on the planning and preparation that happens before leaving care.
Analysis of the responses to the Department for Education’s (DfE) consultation on introducing national standards for unregulated provision.
Analysis of the findings from the focus groups with care experienced children and young people on national standards for unregulated provision.
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.
A report on social care groups and how they influence policy and practice across children’s homes.
This annual publication details statistical information on children adopted from care in Northern Ireland.
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.
An analysis of children’s homes that provide short breaks, usually for disabled children.
Research reports commissioned in response to an IICSA recommendation to introduce professional registration requirements for carers in children’s homes.
What children and young people have told us about their experiences of living in children’s homes or with foster carers and staying at residential special schools or boarding schools.
Statistics on approved placements by type, gender, age, ethnicity and length of stay.
Research report considering whether the practice of placing children together in secure children’s homes for justice and welfare reasons increases the risk of child sexual abuse.
Analysis of the responses to the Department for Education’s (DfE) consultation on unregulated provision for children in care and care leavers.
Research into where children living in children’s homes receive their education and what the quality of this education is like.
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