Julian Le Grand, who chairs one of the working groups examining thepolicies for looked-after children set out in the green paper, said thatwhile practices had advantages there were moral implications to consideras well.
Speaking at a National Children's Bureau conference this week, he saidsocial care practices, which would operate like GP practices, could helpimprove financial incentives for social workers to take on morework.
But Le Grand added that there could be moral implications because someworkers may have an incentive to send the child home as quickly aspossible while others may want to keep the child in care.
The conference also saw Tom Jeffery, the director general for childrenand families at the Department for Education and Skills, announce thatseveral pilot schemes are about to start testing the green paper'sideas.
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