Alex met with young people supported by Barnardo’s to understand the challenges that care leavers face.
Alex heard how children who grow up in care often do less well in school, have poorer mental health, less employment opportunities and are more likely to be homeless.
Alex is supporting the Government's bold and ambitious response to the publication of the Independent Review of Children's Social Care which includes:
- setting up a new National Implementation Board of sector experts and people with experience of leading transformational change and the care system;
- boosting efforts to recruit more foster carers;
- increased support for social workers including on leadership, recruitment and retention;
- the implementation of a new evidence-based framework for all the professionals working in children’s social care