MATH101
Unit 10 Caring for Children and Young People; P1 – Outline Why Children and Young People Might Need To Be Looked After Away From Their Family The definition of a looked after children is when a child is being looked after by any local authority if the courts have placed an order so that the child can be placed into care. The order option is that the court give the councils children services department has cared for the child for more than 24 hours. In the past 9 years looked after children have increased because the adoption rates have increased because the adoption rates have increased from the years 2011 – 2016 from roughly 3,100 to roughly 5,360. The 2 years the adoption rate dropped for the first time for over 6 years (2011) it’s dropped by 12%. Then in 2017 the number of looked after children adopted have fallen again by 8% to roughly 4,350. Why Are Children Taken Into Care? - Drug Abuse - Trouble at Home (Abuse) - Bereavement * - Behaviour Difficulties * - Homeless - Abandonment - Neglect - Disability - Parental Illness * - Parental Incapacity * - Parents Health Problems * - Learning Difficulties * - Maltreatment * - Criminal Record
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