A draft policy document released as part of a consultation on the controversial proposals reveals that the authority, which has around 640 children in care, wants to start charging where a child is taken into care in “non-crisis” situations.
It will also charge for certain services designed to keep children within their own family.
Children’s services will continue to meet the cost of statutory services such as child protection, adoption, and youth offending services, but will use provisions set out in the Children Act 1989 to claw back money from parents “where reasonable”, depending on their financial means.
A child may also be asked to contribute to the cost of their own care if they are over 16 and are deemed to have enough cash.
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