Poverty, Child Protection, and the Right to Protection and Assistance to the Family in England

The report calls for transformative change to child services. Creating a social security system that guarantees the essentials in life, regulating for-profit children’s homes, and extending peer-parent support are among a list of recommendations that can help to eradicate the toxic culture of the England’s Child Protection Services. Conceived and developed in partnership with the anti-poverty human rights NGO ATD Fourth World, the report is based on law and policy desk research, data analysis, and interviews and focus groups with a total of 33 people (28 of them female), including parents, social workers and young adults.