CYP Now - Trauma experts call for end to profit making in foster care

Private sector fostering agencies are being called on to “transition to not-for-profit operation” by a group of trauma experts.

Foster carers and staff should be properly rewarded for the intense and difficult work they do, say experts. Picture: Adobe Stock

The Centre of Excellence in Child Trauma wants to see all fostering agencies “prioritising child welfare over financial gain”.

Instead, it wants to see profit redirected into “quality care and comprehensive support for foster children and their families”.

But the Centre, which is an umbrella organisation for child trauma experts, warns agencies against cutting back on pay and conditions for children’s professionals involved in fostering and carers, as they transition away from profit making.

It says that “social workers, therapists, foster carers and staff should be properly rewarded for the intense and difficult work they do. This includes proper pensions, health care and future proof savings to assist young adults as they exit the care system”.

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