27-09-2023 17:35 via theguardian.com

Early family intervention is vital for care system to be effective | Letter

Sylvia Rose, who worked in child protection, says social care itself is not to blame for people entering the youth justice systemTo say that children in care are more likely to enter the youth justice system is true, but the implication that the care system is to blame is not (Childhood in care raises risk of entering English youth justice system eightfold, 21 September). I worked in child protection for many years and saw firsthand how children cannot be legally removed from an unsafe parenting
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