Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre
Overview Over 140,000 children in England and Wales live in kinship care, being raised by relatives or family friends rather than parents. While kinship care can provide stability and positive long-term outcomes, many children experience challenges maintaining relationships with siblings, parents, wider family members, friends and communities that matter to them. Existing evidence shows that… Read More
Overview The use of kinship care within child welfare has increased over the last decade, including using Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) for children leaving care. In Wales, in 2022, 285 children left care for adoption, and 295 on an SGO. SGOs are also granted through private law proceedings. There are some indications that Special Guardians,… Read More
Overview The ‘When I Am Ready’ (WIAR) scheme was introduced in April 2016 under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, enabling young people leaving foster care to remain with their foster or kinship carers beyond the age of 18. The scheme responds to well-documented evidence that the abrupt transition to independent living at… Read More
Step UP Step Down is an initiative run by The Fostering Network to support families on the edge of care. Read More
Understanding the Subjective Well-Being of Younger Children Looked After in Wales: A Qualitative Study Designed with Children in Care using Creative Methodologies Read More
One-year fellowship to disseminate and increase the impacts of a PhD study, Caring Lives, that investigated how the impacts of caring vary for children depending on their caring and family circumstances. Read More
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