Voorbeelden van looked-after

• One of these was the non-completion of written care plans by social workers during the supervision of looked-after children.

• Overall, the average time taken to adopt a looked-after child is three years—an eternity in a child's eyes.

• Adoption must become a first-choice option for looked-after children who cannot return home.

• One of the six key priority areas for the programme is to improve the supply and choice of placement options for looked-after children.

• One of the key priorities of the quality protects programme is to improve the supply and choice of placement options for looked-after children.

• An increasing realisation of that has changed the population in care, and made it conversely more difficult to place looked-after children with adoptive families.

• It is misplaced to put the recommendation simply in the context of the report itself, which is about looked-after children.

• That must be considered in the context that the vast majority of looked-after children now live in foster homes, not care homes.

• We believe that advocacy has a very important role to play in protecting the interests of looked-after children.

• Work is under way to establish the feasibility of obtaining information about births among looked-after children, taking account of legal and confidentiality considerations.

• We all accept that adoption is the best option for many looked-after children who cannot live with their birth families.

• There is a much higher proportion of looked-after children among ethnic minority populations, and they experience another raft of problems disproportionately.

• We want a transformation in the quality of care that local authorities provide for looked-after children.

• We take a two-pronged approach, and the primary role is undoubtedly with respect to looked-after children.

• Overall, the average time taken to adopt a looked-after child is more than three years, which is an eternity in a child's eyes.