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A residential child care worker’s Queen's Speech

6 mins read Guest Blog
The pandemic has exposed inequality and insecurity, and made us re-evaluate what is most important to us. It has also exposed that children's lives, especially those of children in care, are interdependent. We must work together to tackle the challenges that face us.

Government appreciates and embraces its responsibility as corporate parent. 

All children, and especially children in care, benefit from a fairer, healthier society. The levelling up of this Government aspires to deliver on both. Now is the time to increase investment to end poverty, a predominant cause of the need for a care system. We must ensure all communities offer a rich environment for all children and families through resilient funding for services. We must enable early and specialist intervention ending the split between the two that leaves both underfunded.

Our Residential Child Care workforce has been heroic in rising to the challenge of the pandemic – and now it needs investment. 

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