The Fostering Network, which launched its Foster Care Fortnight campaign today, says that 10,000 more carers are needed to ensure every child that needs foster care can be placed with a family that is right for them. One of the contributing factors to the increasing pressure on the system is the higher numbers of children being placed in local authority care.
More than 80 per cent of local authorities saw a rise in the number of children needing foster care during the last year and the shortage is so significant that 42 per cent of foster carers have looked after a child outside their area of expertise in the same period.
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