2. Imagine at 16 being told that you are no
longer been paid for, so you will have to move
out. How would that make you feel?
3.
4.
5. 11,000 16-18 year
olds leave care each
year in the uk
In Manchester we have a
Duty of care to 1170
children from 0-18
65% of the children looked
after by Manchester city
council are in care due to
Abuse and neglect
6. There are, 181 Girls in this cities care,
aged between 14-18. When leaving
care 1 in 4 of these young girls will
have a baby 10-18 months after
leaving care. 2 out 4 of those children
will become looked after, their mother
will go onto have more children who
will then become looked after.
Manchester
20 pregnant
40 looked after children
12. Meet Jade
Pregnant at 16
Experienced domestic violence at 16
Son taken into care at 16
Prison twice for theft at 17-23
Jade has since had 2 more children
who are now in care.
What does jade need?
14. There continues to be more boys (655 = 56%)
than girls (513 = 44%) looked after in
Manchester. The number of girls looked after
has remained the same with the number of boys
looked after decreasing from 690 in 2015/16 to
655 in 2016/17.
15. Age and Gender of Looked After children as at 31st March 2017
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18+
Male 26 13 13 11 13 19 18 34 35 45 40 39 42 49 67 52 59 80 2
Female 23 11 14 12 13 18 25 21 23 44 28 33 31 36 46 37 47 51 0
16. Child grows up in care
Foster care cost £23,850 per year
Children homes £153,920 per year
207 vulnerable girl pregnant - 64 pregnant under 16
17. Having a child removed when you are still young yourself will
seriously affect your wellbeing, social and economic
functioning. The trauma from this event is often experienced
without support or professional help. Yet this doesn't mean
that they cannot be a good parent to future children - many
people who have been traumatized, use these experiences to
become better parents.
