The council's cabinet will be asked to vote on plans that could see seven children’s homes either sold to private providers or closed altogether.
In the officer's report that will be presented to the council’s cabinet tomorrow afternoon it states: "This report sets out proposals to outsource the authority’s seven children’s residential homes to achieve savings. The report suggests that if a suitable external provider cannot be found for any or all of the homes, they will have to be closed and the staff put at risk of redundancy and the children moved to alternative placements. In this event, it is important that there is full consideration of all costs, and appropriate budget provision made."
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