Will Ofsted’s tougher inspection framework improve services for care leavers?
Ahead of National Care Leavers’ Week, experts tell Judy Cooper their views on Ofsted’s new judgement for leaving care services![PhD researcher Mark Kerr](https://www.communitycare.co.uk/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2013/10/MK1.png)
To mark National Care Leavers Week, Mark Kerr shares findings from one of the largest studies into outcomes for care leavers
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Care leavers’ needs are often neglected in prison. Darren Coyne describes how the Care Leavers Association is trying to change this.
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Judy Cooper reports on a new project to improve services for care leavers, currently being trialled by nine English local authorities
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Most looked-after young people are forced to leave their foster homes when they turn 18, while the national leaving home age is 24.
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As charities urge ‘failing’ corporate parents to support their looked-after children until 25, actor and care leaver Jarone Macklin-Page explains what worked for him and what needs to change
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