Looked After Children Strategy

As a council we are committed to ensuring that every Looked After Child has the best possible start in life, is given help to achieve their potential and experiences safe and positive parenting. Our Looked After Children come to us for all sorts of reasons and at every age, infant to teenagers. This strategy and its pledge is for every single one of them, whatever their circumstances.

The priorities in the Looked After Children Strategy are drawn from what our Looked After Children and Young People have told us is important to them. It features the York Pledge – a promise given by the council and its partners about the quality and nature of care that any child or young person can expect if they become looked after. Our strategy is also informed by the outcome of national surveys and features the voices of children in care, as represented through the “100 days of care” report.

Our Looked After Children and Care Leavers rely on all agencies to work together to meet their needs. Such a joined up approach is only possible when everyone understands and accepts their responsibilities for this group of children and young people.

The Looked After Children strategy describes the contributions of all partner agencies that are required to further improve outcomes for this group of children and young people.