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  • A Life Deserved - A Strategy for Looked After Children

    Topics:
    • Social Care Policy, 
    • Children and Young People Care Services and policies, 
    • Looked after children

    Date published: 19 February 2021

    Last updated: 10 June 2022

    The ‘A Life Deserved: “Caring” for Children and Young People in Northern Ireland’ strategy aims to improve the well-being of children and young people, who are already in care, at risk of entering care and those children and young people who have recently left care.

    Documents

    • A Strategy for Looked After Children - A Life Deserved - Caring for Children and Young People in Northern Ireland Adobe PDF (3 MB)
    • Looked After Children Strategy - Children's Version Adobe PDF (2 MB)
    • Looked After Children Strategy - Teenager's Version Adobe PDF (16 MB)
    • Looked After Children Strategy: Improving Children’s Lives - Consultation Response Report Adobe PDF (19 MB)
    • Looked After Children Strategy - Equality Screening, Disability Duties and Human Rights Assessment Adobe PDF (700 KB)
    • Looked After Children Strategy - Rural Needs Impact Assessment Adobe PDF (648 KB)
    • Looked After Children Strategy - Child Rights Impact Assessment Adobe PDF (1 MB)

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