'No child should be moved away': why councils are opening new children's homes

Vulnerable children are sometimes placed hundreds of miles away. Can new ‘family style’ homes meet their complex needs?

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After decades of decline, the council-run children’s home is being reinvented and growing numbers of local authorities are returning to provision of their own residential care for “looked-after” youngsters.

From Nottinghamshire to Bristol, small “family-style” council homes are being opened to cater for some of the most vulnerable children and teenagers. In some cases, they have just one or two bedrooms in an attempt to reflect a typical household and better meet young people’s needs.

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