Care leavers, Covid-19 and the transition from care (CCTC study)

Care leavers, Covid-19 and the transition from care (CCTC study)

A research study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), as part of UK Research and Innovation’s rapid response to Covid-19. It explored care leavers’ transitions to adulthood in the context of Covid-19: Understanding pathways, experiences and outcomes to improve policy and practice.

Overview

The Care Leavers, COVID-19 and Transitions from Care (CCTC) study was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), as part of UK Research and Innovation’s rapid response to COVID-19 (ES/V016245/1).

The research explored care leavers’ experiences of the pandemic. Analysis of local authority management information system data on over 1300 young people from 10 local authorities and over 60 interviews with young people and professionals informed the study.

As part of the study care experienced adults, leaving care workers and operational managers came together to form a Networked Learning Community (NLC). Over a series of sessions the NLC supported the research team to interpret the findings, develop recommendations and tools for practice.

Strategic Advisory Board

The research team have been supported by a Strategic Advisory Board who met regularly throughout the course of the research to advise on and support implementation of strategies to maximise the impact of the work and scale up.

Members of the strategic advisory board

Name

Role 

Organisation

Baroness Young of Hornsey (Chair)

Co-Vice Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Looked After Children and Care Leavers (APPG)

Member of House of Lords

Darren Bishton

National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum Practice Lead

National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum (NLBFC) Catch22

Rosie Blackett

Young People’s Participation and Development Worker 

The National House Project

Janet Boddy

Professor of Child, Youth and Family Studies

University of Sussex

Matthew Brazier

Specialist Adviser for looked after children, and social care inspector 

Ofsted

Rhiannon Clapperton

Director of Policy, Campaigns & Communications 

Become Charity

CJ Hamilton

Care Experienced Researcher

University of Bedfordshire

Jonny Hoyle

 

Assistant Team Manager

North Yorkshire County Council

Ian Lewis

National Children's Services Advisor

Children and Young People's Mental Health Programme NHS England

Jibril Mohamoud

Care Experienced Researcher

University of Bedfordshire

Mark Riddell

National Implementation Adviser for Care Leavers

Department for Education

Doug Simkiss

Honorary Associate Clinical Professor in Child Health

Medical Director

The University of Warwick 

 

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Sarah Sturmey

 

CEO and Founder

Pure Insight

Lisa Watch

Director of Policy, Campaigns & Communications

Become Charity