... that the principal aim of the care system for children and young people who spend significant time in care is to achieve recovery and healing from past harm, and to promote resilience and emotional wellbeing; and a new child-led outcomes framework for looked after children so that meeting the principal aim is properly assessed and judged.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Sets out a vision to support improvements in the care system for children and young people in and leaving care. The document argues that there has been insufficient focus on helping looked-after children and young people recover from the psychological impact of abuse and neglect, and on promoting their resilience and emotional wellbeing. It calls for the introduction of: a statement in law that the principal aim of the care system for children and young people who spend significant time in care is to achieve recovery and healing from past harm, and to promote resilience and emotional wellbeing; and a new child-led outcomes framework for looked after children so that meeting the principal aim is properly assessed and judged.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
looked after children, care leavers, law, resilience, recovery, wellbeing, outcomes;