NLCBF welcomes the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and its measures to improve the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We have compiled a short briefing with a number of recommendations that we believe would strengthen the bill further to better meet the needs of care experienced young people.
These recommendations have been developed to include:
- Key messages & asks from YPBMF – through the In Their Own Words survey of over 200 care experienced individuals in May 2024 on areas YPBMF selected as priorities for action.
- Key messages and asks from leaving care teams across NLCBF’s network of 133 leaving care team members.
NLCBF’s recommendations to strengthen the Bill:
- Extension of corporate parenting duties to other government departments and public bodies
- Staying close: Entitlement beyond local authority assessment
- National offer for care leavers
- Entitlement for care leavers for Lifelong Links support
- Dedicated care-experience aware mental health support for care leavers