Caring for children and young people Pass 1 Describe the main reasons why children and young people may need to be looked after away from home
Caring for children and young people
Pass 1
Describe the main reasons why children and young people may need to be looked after away from home.
For this assignment I am going to indentify and explain why children may need to be looked after away from home.
There are a number of different reasons why a child needs to be looked after by other people away from their family home. They include the following:
Family related reasons
- Bereavement and upheaval – A lot of look after children will have experienced a great deal of disruption in their lives. This may include traumatic experiences such as family bereavement. As a result of this the children’s education may have suffered and they may be below their expected class average. This will have resulted from poor concentration, the child may also need specific help in their work and class before any sort of progress can be made. However despite not doing well in school, school is the most stable part of a child’s life in generally all situations.