The Nationwide Association of Fostering Providers (NAFP) wants proposals to afford councils the power to delegate care functions to “go much further” by allowing social workers based within independent fostering providers to have more of a say in cases.
The government’s plans as they stand at the moment are designed to make it possible for GP-style social work practice pilots to continue beyond November – when the emergency legislation that was introduced to allow their creation expires.
NAFP chief executive Harvey Gallagher said extending the parameters of delegation available to councils to cover fostering providers would benefit children in care and ease pressure on social work teams.
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