Councils are placing children in care homes that inspectors say do not provide a good standard of care at a cost of millions of pounds, an investigation has found. Revealed: thousands of children in care placed in unregulated homes Read moreThe regulator rates children’s homes as either outstanding, good, requires improvement to be good or inadequate. A source who works at one care home run by Sherico Care Services was critical of management at the firm’s children’s homes. This can mean they are forced to place children in placements that are not best suited to their needs. “It is important that the government works with councils to urgently improve the availability of high-quality homes that meet the needs of children in care.”

Source: The Guardian December 26, 2019 17:15 UTC