The children’s commissioner has shared her vision around how children in care can be best supported in their relationships with siblings.
‘In Part One of my Family Review I wanted to make sure we spoke to children in all kinds of families – those made up of married parents, blended families, single parents and more. But most importantly I wanted to make sure we captured what family life meant to those living in care, or with care experience. And the Review found that family was just as important to these children, and that they wanted the same things from it – love, stability, enjoyment – even if that was sometimes more complicated to achieve.
I want to see a children’s social care system that will do whatever it can to strengthen and support families so they can safely stay together. And if that is not possible, I have set out my vision for how they can live in stable, loving homes that are truly familial. In part two of my Family Review I wanted to explore one aspect of that vision in more detail, namely how children in care can best be supported in their relationships with their siblings.’
Read the full review here