Leaving Care

J Wade

Leaving Care

Social Policy Research Unit

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

Every year between 7,000 and 8,000 young people leave care at the age of 16 or over and the majority move to independent living. Despite the diversity of the leavers’ past experiences, studies have consistently highlighted the range of problems associated with leaving care and the connections with difficulties
experienced prior to and during the period of being looked after. Many young people value time spent in public care, but it does not always provide sufficient compensation for poor pre-care experiences and it may have created further problems.

Original language	English
Publisher	Research in Practice
Number of pages	8
Place of Publication	Dartington
Publication status	Published - 2003

Publication series

Name	Quality Protects Research Briefing, no. 7

Keywords

looked after children

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