The survey of 75 councils found that 78 per cent want help for family reunification schemes.
The support is needed amid continuing funding constraints due to central government funding cuts over more than a decade. Seven in 10 councils said funding concerns are a barrier to increasing support to reunite children with their families.
Challenges recruiting and retaining staff were also cited as a barrier to reunifying families.
The survey has been carried out by children’s charities NSPCC and Action for Children who say support is needed to help families after they have been reunited to ensure children are not taken back into care.
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