CYP Now - Care Review response: Funding fears over government’s £200m plan to overhaul children’s social care

The government’s plan to overhaul children’s social care has received a cautious welcome by children’s professionals and campaigners, who raise concerns that the funding on offer “falls short” of the investment needed for effective reform.

The report includes increased support for councils to deliver increased early help services. Picture: Prostock Studio/Adobe Stock

The Children’s Social Care Implementation Strategy, published in response to Josh MacAlister’s review of the sector, includes a package of additional support for carers, children and families backed by £200m investment over the next two years.

This includes funding for kinship carer training, an uplift in foster carer allowances, a pledge to place more children closer to their friends, family and school as well as piloting bespoke early help for families.

But it is less far reaching than the 80 proposals for reform to be backed by £2.6bn over five years, called for in MacAlister’s review, children's sector leaders warn.

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