Criminal Care?
Our blog on ending the criminalisation of children in residential care
Updates, reflections and young people’s voices.
This blog provides a deeper insight into the issues uncovered in our programme to end the criminalisation of children in residential care. It includes contributions from young people who have lived in children’s homes, as well as analysis by researchers.
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Good practice in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Claire Sands examines a multi-agency analysis on criminalisation Read more
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Listening to young people
Andrew Neilson reflects on how the programme listens to children and young people Read more
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Relationships matter: addressing worker conditions in care homes
A guest blog from Dr Alexandra Cox proposes it is time to value the work of care Read more
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My story from child in care to social worker
A retired care experienced social worker reflects on criminalisation in residential care Read more
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A child’s treatment in court
Claire Sands and 'Eddie' on a day before the youth courts Read more
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The rising cost of residential care and lack of government oversight
Claire Sands analyses a report from the National Audit Office Read more
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Going missing from residential care
A 19-year-old care leaver tells us about her experiences of going missing from children’s homes Read more
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A parent would not treat their child like this
Claire Sands and 'Jodie' on a mug being thrown in a children's home Read more
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This is our story: Children and young people on criminalisation in residential care
Andrew Neilson on our latest briefing featuring young people's stories Read more
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A year in the children’s homes sector: Ofsted echoes our findings
Claire Sands finds some of our messages reiterated in Ofsted's annual report Read more
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