The Children’s Commissioner for England has published her ‘vision for care leavers’ that lays out what can be done to improve care leaver outcomes. Her recommendations include:
- Enable all care leavers to access the training, further or higher education, and job that they want through sharing best practice and increasing financial support.
- Improve care leavers’ mental and physical health with better training for professionals, as well as improved data.
- Make sure every care leaver has a stable, suitable home through changes to their housing entitlements, benefit rates and ringfenced funding in the Household Support Fund.
- Support every care leaver to form and sustain loving relationships with carers and the professionals who support them, by enabling them to stay living with carers for longer and enhancing the role of Personal Advisor.
The full text of the vision can be found on the Children’s Commissioner website.