A care leaver has said that years of trauma and abuse living in the system is causing an addiction and mental health crisis for young people years after leaving it.
'David' - whose name has been changed – entered the care system when he was aged 11 and says that he is still trying to come to terms with the trauma that he experienced growing up and believes there are hundreds of others in Northern Ireland in the same position.
Speaking to Belfast Live, the 25-year-old highlighted the issues facing care leavers as they transition to living independently and how he believes the support services in place are setting people up to fail.
