The number of teenagers reaching “positive destinations” through higher education, training and employment once they are out of the care system has dropped, according to reports.
An audit and performance paper presented to the West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) shows that only 50% of 16 and 17 year olds in the last financial quarter had gone on to attend higher education courses or training opportunities “at the point of leaving care”.
The number of “positive destinations” reached was 100% in the previous two quarters for 2022/23 and 100% in quarters one to three in 2021/22. There were no young people aged 16 or 17 left in care for quarter four in 2021/22.
