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Children's care homes

Fnd out how residential care is being transformed

3 June 2015

  • Teenage boy (16-18) sitting on bed, looking out window, rear view

    Children in care often feel ignored – but there are ways to give them a voice

  • Children (2-3, 4-5) sitting in circle around teacher, directly above

    Low pay in care: 'If you want us to deliver the best for these children it will cost money'

  • Zoe Lees

    'I'm always on call': managing a residential children's home

  • GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 30: Two young boys play football in a run down street with boarded up houses, September 30, 2008 in the Govan area of Glasgow, Scotland.

    Life after care: the 'tool belt' for vulnerable young women

  • Councils must listen to the children in their care

    Anne Longfield

  • Going into care: 'We used to watch Tracy Beaker, so I thought I knew what it'd be like'

  • 'Risk map' highlights challenge of where to put children's homes

  • 'It's exactly like home': children with special needs on their schools

2 June 2015

  • Home Safe

    Are children's care homes still needed?

    In 1986, Warwickshire council closed all its children’s homes. Researchers took the opportunity to ask whether there is still a role for residential care
  • Actor Neil Morrissey in front of a stained glass window

    'The last place was like a prison': care leavers' stories of children's homes

    Being taken into care is a traumatic experience, but what happens next need not be all negative – as the stories of Neil Morrissey and Lemn Sissay show
  • Girl drawing a house and trees onto a wall

    Children's care homes are seen as a last resort, but they can be a safe haven

    With adequate funding, these homes can provide intensive support for the 62% of residents with significant mental health conditions
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