{"id":21199,"date":"2024-11-05T10:59:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T10:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/?page_id=21199"},"modified":"2024-11-05T10:59:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T10:59:42","slug":"children-in-care-and-care-leavers-the-devon-picture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/adoption-and-fostering\/devons-sufficiency-strategy-for-children-in-care-and-care-leavers-2024-to-2029\/children-in-care-and-care-leavers-the-devon-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Children in care and care leavers – the Devon picture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Key facts that tell the story for Devon    <\/h2>\n\n\n
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Devon is a large upper tier, local authority, with eight district councils. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The average age of the population is 43.9yrs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Devon has a complex combination of coastal, rural and small urban localities with one city, Exeter. Each locality having its own unique socio-economic challenges and identity.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Devon has a population of 1.2 million people who are predominantly white\u202fwith only 4.2% of residents identifying themselves as Asian, Black, Mixed or other according to the 2022 Census.\u202f <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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There are 152,921 children and young people aged 0-17 living in Devon. This is set to decline slightly by 2029. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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As of May 2024, there are 873 children in care of which 570 (65%) are placed in Devon.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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64% of children in care are placed in foster care, 44% in house fostering and 20% with a fostering agency.   <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The number of children in care has been steadily decreasing and is predicted to continue to decline throughout the life of this strategy.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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There is a significant gap in the number of younger fostering households, there is therefore a significant potential impact of the current age profile on future sufficiency. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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At time of writing there were 124 children in residential care. Permanence plan data shows that only 61 children require long term residential care.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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147 of the 873 (16.83%) children in care in Devon have a disability and some have more than one diagnosis.     <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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There are more registered care beds in Devon than the number of children in care, but these do not always meet assessed need. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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88 children have been adopted or are awaiting adoption in the last 12 months. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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There has been a gradual increase in number of under 12-year-olds in residential placements.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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