Corporate parenting report

​Request ​832642627

Provide below information held following on from a media report of a corporate parenting report and comments from public: 

1. What is the current turnover of staff in residential homes? 

2. How many agency staff are working in homes? 

3. How many block agency staff are being brought to Jersey to work in children's homes? and what are the associated costs to this for island taxpayers? 

4. How many vacancies are there in residential homes? 

5. How many children from Jersey are living in homes in the UK for 2023, 2024, 2025?

Response

1. As of 30th of April 2026, the current turnover of staff in Government of Jersey provided residential homes is 11.4%.

2. As of 30th April 2026, 18 agency staff are working in Government of Jersey provided children's homes.

3. There are no block agency arrangements in place within Government of Jersey provided children’s homes, and as such there are no associated costs.

4. As of 30th April 2026, there are 57.74 vacancies within the Government of Jersey provided residential home workforce.

5. The number children from Jersey living in homes in the United Kingdom for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are shown in the table below. These are the children that have lived at any point in that year in a children’s home setting in the UK, and as such represents a total number across each year.​