Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Children's Social Work Statistics 2009/10

Statistics publication of Child Protection and Secure Care and Close Support Accommodation


TABLE 20: YOUNG PEOPLE DISCHARGED FROM CLOSE SUPPORT ACCOMMODATION DURING 2009-10 BY AGE AND GENDER

Placement immediately after discharge during the year

Parental home, relatives or friends

Foster care or children's home

Residential school

Young offenders institution or prison

Secure accommodation

Other or unknown

Total

Gender

Males

8

2

1

0

3

2

16

Females

12

3

3

0

7

10

35

Age of residents on discharge

13 years old or under

0

0

2

0

1

0

3

14 - 15 years

16

3

2

0

9

9

39

16 years or over

4

2

0

0

0

3

9

Total

20

5

4

0

10

12

51

Percentage

39%

10%

8%

0%

20%

24%

100%

Notes: Table includes admissions made after 31/03/2009 and before 01/04/2010

Young people are counted once for each time they are discharged from close support accommodation

'Other' placement prior to admission may include supported accommodation, independent living, hospital or assessment centre.

Information on close support accommodation was collected for the first time in 2010. Reported usage relates only to close support care provided in dedicated close support units, and does not include any close support provided in alternative settings.

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