{"id":3709,"date":"2013-05-01T15:54:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.againstchildtrafficking.org\/?p=3709"},"modified":"2013-05-01T15:54:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:54:13","slug":"adoption-drive-could-distract-from-helping-needy-children-care-inquiry-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/adoption-drive-could-distract-from-helping-needy-children-care-inquiry-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Adoption drive could ‚distract‘ from helping needy children, care inquiry finds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

MICHAEL GOVE\u2019s drive to increase adoption levels risks becoming a \u201cdistraction\u201d from efforts to help the majority of children needing homes, an eight-month inquiry into the care system has concluded.<\/p>\n

Adoption drive could ‚distract‘ from helping needy children, care inquiry finds Photo: ALAMY
\nBy John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor10:15AM BST 01 May 2013<\/p>\n

The inquiry by eight charities concluded that the current system is failing thousands of children, shifting them from placement to placement, severing family ties and friendships rather than encouraging stable relationships.<\/p>\n

It questioned whether the care system could even be called a \u201csystem\u201d because of its fragmented nature and \u201cstark\u201d variations between different areas.
\nThe inquiry called for alternatives to adoption, such as long term fostering placements or so-called kinship care \u2013 where parental responsibilities are taken on by relatives to maintain family ties \u2013 to be given greater recognition.
\nAnd it recommended retaining rules requiring social workers to have to give \u201cproper attention\u201d to children\u2019s racial backgrounds when making care arrangements.<\/p>\n

The Government is in the process of changing the law to prevent race being a barrier to speedy adoption.<\/p>\n

Adoption push could break up families unnecessarily, peers warn 06 Mar 2013
\nThe charities, including the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), Family Rights Group and the Fostering Network, said there was an \u201cincreasingly urgent\u201d need for a different approach in the way children are treated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do we persist in breaking children\u2019s old relationships when we introduce them to future carers, despite knowing that so many children who do not happen to be in care manage to negotiate complex family relationships as they grow up?\u201d they conclude.<\/p>\n

They go on: \u201cOur main conclusion \u2026 is that \u2018permanence\u2019 for children means \u2018security, stability, love and a strong sense of identity and belonging\u2019.
\n\u201cThis is not connected to legal status, and one route to permanence is not necessarily better than any other: each option is the right one for some children and young people.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdoption, although right for some children, will only ever provide permanence for a small number of children in care.\u201d
\nThey add: \u201cThe Care Inquiry was set up in the summer of 2012 because of our shared concern that the government-led focus on increasing the numbers of children adopted from care runs the risk of distracting attention from the other options for permanence that are important for the majority of children in care or on the edge of care.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are supportive of the Government\u2019s intention to speed up decision making, to ensure that children can move to live with permanent carers as quickly as possible, and to strengthen support after adoption.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to see a similar commitment to improving the life chances of all vulnerable children.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Department for Education Spokesperson said: „Every child deserves a safe, stable and loving home.
\n„We know adoption is not right for every child, which is why we are reforming the system so it is better focused on what each child needs to thrive.
\n„We are improving the skills of social workers so they are able to judge what is best for each child.
\n„We are transforming fostering services to allow foster carers to get on with the job of looking after children in their care.
\n„We are reforming residential care to make sure that all homes are safe and secure places, and we are making local authorities take responsibility for providing their kinship carers with the help and assistance they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

 
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Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk MICHAEL GOVE\u2019s drive to increase adoption levels risks becoming a \u201cdistraction\u201d from efforts to help the majority of children needing homes, an eight-month inquiry into the care system has concluded. Adoption drive could ‚distract‘ from helping needy children, care inquiry finds Photo: ALAMY By John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor10:15AM BST 01 May 2013 The… Weiter »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3711,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3709\/revisions\/3711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}