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Overcoming the barriers to contact between siblings separated by the care system

Community Care

This may be due to older siblings already having been adopted or even being deemed too old to be adopted and therefore remaining in long-term foster care. A report from the Children’s Commissioner for England last year found that 37% of children in care had been separated from at least one sibling in their initial placement.

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Statutory duty to support birth parents needed to tackle repeat removals of children, says charity

Community Care

Young mothers and care leavers at particular risk In England and Wales, the probability of a woman entering her first repeat proceedings with a new child within a decade of her first proceedings was about one in five, found a Nuffield Family Justice Observatory-commissioned report published last year.

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Supervision orders face overhaul to improve effectiveness in supporting family reunification

Community Care

The government should commit to provide the necessary resources to local authorities to enable them to adopt and implement the guidance to the fullest and most effective extent possible.