Keeping children safe, helping families thrive – policy paper published
The government published the policy paper, Keeping children safe, helping families thrive: Breaking down barriers to opportunity, a policy statement setting out the government’s commitment to whole system reform of the children’s social care system, last month.
The paper outlines the government’s commitment to keeping families together and children safe. It also outlines a commitment to support children to live in family settings where children cannot remain at home, including through kinship or foster care, rather than residential care. Alongside this, the statement sets out ambitions to fix the broken care market, and ensure the system is working effectively for vulnerable children and families.
Legislative proposals in the statement will be taken forward when parliamentary time allows.