Consultation outcome

Children's social care: stable homes, built on love

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 2 February 2023
• Last updated: 21 September 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Children's social care: stable homes, built on love consultation response

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-4445-7, E02981657 09/23, CP 933

PDF, 586 KB, 68 pages

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Letter to children and young people from Minister Johnston

PDF, 143 KB, 3 pages

Detail of outcome

A summary of responses received and the government’s response to the consultation and next steps.

The consultation response in British Sign Language with audio is also available.

The letter to children and young people from Minister Johnston explains our response to the 9 consultation questions for children and young people.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are seeking views on our proposals to reform children’s social care.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
2 February 2023 to 11:45pm on 11 May 2023

Consultation description

We are setting out our vision for reform of children’s social care. The strategy is based on recommendations from 3 independent reviews.

We are seeking views on:

• support and protection for children and families
• support for kinship carers, and wider family networks
• reforms to the experience of being in care, including corporate parenting
• support for the workforce
• delivery and system reform

Children and young people are encouraged to consider the questions in our children and young people’s guide.

We are consulting separately on:

• a children’s social care national framework and dashboard
• proposals for the child and family social worker workforce

A British Sign Language (BSL), captioned and audio version of the executive summary of this strategy and consultation is available.

Executive Summary of ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love: strategy and consultation’

The guide for children and young people is also available in a BSL, captioned and audio version.

Children and Young People’s Guide to ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love: strategy and consultation’

Additional formats and languages, including Braille, can be requested by emailing CSCstrategy2023.consultation@education.gov.uk.

Documents

Stable Homes, Built on Love: strategy and consultation

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-3880-7, E02855097, CP 780

PDF, 1.57 MB, 220 pages

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Guide for children and young people: Stable Homes, Built on Love

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Published 2 February 2023
Last updated 21 September 2023 + show all updates

1. 21 September 2023

   Added 'Children's social care: stable homes, built on love consultation response' and a 'Letter to children and young people from Minister Johnston'.

2. 10 February 2023

   Links have been added to British Sign Language versions of the summary and children and young people's guide to this consultation.

3. 2 February 2023

   First published.