Private foster care children say things have improved - but not enough

30 Sep 2008

The Children's Rights Directorate's latest report shows that children in private foster care are more likely to have a say in choosing their carers and receive regular visits from their social workers than they were two years ago, but worrying variations remain in children’s experiences, according to a new report published today by the Children’s Rights Director for England, Dr Roger Morgan.

‘Children’s experience of private fostering’ is the follow up to an earlier report which looked at what some privately fostered children thought of the Government’s proposals at the time for new rules and regulations about private fostering. This report asks privately fostered children how those rules are working out for them.

Dr Roger Morgan, Children’s Rights Director said:“Our last report of views from the children themselves helped to shape and influence the kind of care that their successors would receive - namely those children in private foster care today.

There have been improvements, but there are two “buts”. First, there are still too many variations in young people’s experiences and we would like to see consistent standards across all private foster placements. Second, we still don’t know the views and experiences of children who are privately fostered but are not known to social care services.”

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