Bowers-Brown, Tamsin, Brierley, Andrew and Nunn, Alexander (2025) Chapter 7. Social care or social harm? The chaotic organisation of support for Looked After Children in England. In: Kettell, Steven, Kerr, Peter and Tepe, Daniela, (eds.) What Went Wrong with Britain? An Audit of Tory Failure. 1 ed. Manchester, Manchester University Press

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Abstract

This chapter supports the argument that children taken into the care of the state are inadequately supported to live full and satisfying lives. Multiple shortcomings across different institutions and agencies are evidenced and provide sufficient support to the argument that ‘social harm’ is prevalent for children in care. Outcome data for Looked After Children in relation to poverty, education, mental wellbeing and the criminal justice system point towards institutions and processes that systematically allow some of us to fall by the wayside. The negative outcomes that could be prevented by better resourced or differently designed social practices are evidenced throughout this chapter, along with a call for compassionate policies that would mitigate the harms of what has been a siloed and pernicious policy regime.

Item Type:	Book Section
Status:	Published
DOI:	10.7765/9781526170385.00010
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
School/Department:	Vice Chancellor's Office
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/14054

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