Reimagining of what ‘leaving care’ should look like

27/09/22

Become, a national charity for children in care and young care leavers, coined the phrase ‘Care Cliff’ to describe how placements and support can abruptly stop at a crucial time in a young person’s life when they need stability the most.

The charity worked with 11 young care leavers to produce the Sky’s the Limit project. Young people worked as a design team to boldly reimagine ‘leaving care’ and develop a new approach to support them to have happy, positive starts to adulthood, and implore government to end the care cliff.”

Read the article in full and find out about the project at…

Social Work Today source: https://www.socialworktoday.co.uk/News/Charity-calls-for-reimagining-of-what-%E2%80%98leaving-care%E2%80%99-should-look-like

A new vision of support for care-experienced young adults #EndTheCareCliff

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