Together Trust research finds high numbers of children in care of compulsory education age are not in education, employment or training living in unregulated accommodation.
Approach to commissioning has led to a division of services that leaves people without the proper pathway of support that they need.
Fragmented budgets across education, health and social care alongside reduced capacity in local authority care management leads to EHCPs that are not reflective of the current needs of a child. This ultimately means that the child does not get the wrap around care they need.
If intervention doesn’t take place in early age, it ultimately leads to costly packages of care in adulthood.
