A report that analyses the factors behind the recent rise in high-cost care placements highlights the key role that commissioners can play in tackling the issue.
Costs and complexity in care: The real drivers of high-cost placements for children in care, was commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) amid a rise over the past five years in the number of placements for children in care in England costing more than £500,000 annually.
Based on research by the National Children's Bureau (NCB), the report sets out ways to mitigate the financial strain such an increase is putting on local authorities as well as measures to improve opportunities for earlier intervention that could prevent children being re-traumatised through multiple placement breakdowns.
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