The number of children in care is increasing with the likes of the Local Government Association (LGA) warning that without a shift towards prioritising early help, 100,000 children will be in care by 2030.
There has been a 70% increase in children’s homes since 2014 to meet the rise in demand, yet the number of places available has risen by just 25% in that time due to a sector-wide shift to smaller homes of just a few beds.
A combination of growing numbers of children in care, poor geographical spread of children’s homes and the soaring costs of placements is putting “immense pressure” on local authority finances at a time when increasing numbers of councils are being forced to make multi-million pounds savings to balance the books.
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