A report scoping the potential for young people to stay in residential care until 21 puts forward four options that help address practical concerns, but questions remain over how government would fund the move.
When government plans to introduce Staying Put in foster care were unveiled in late 2013, campaigners were quick to question why the right to stay in a placement up to the age of 21 should not be afforded to young people in residential care as well.
New training and qualification standards for residential care
workers should help improve the skills of the sector's workforce, but addressing historically low wages and the job's poor profile are also
key, say experts.
University of York academics were funded by the Department for Education to investigate the effectiveness of special guardianship as an alternative to adoption.
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