Children's homes providers will have the power to protect themselves against the full impact of local and central government cuts by using new localism legislation to expand provision, a residential care expert has claimed.
Jill Sheldrake, director of social care at the Together Trust, said the Localism Bill would give providers the ability to challenge local authorities on the quality of their children's homes.
This means councils will be expected to outsource services if providers can demonstrate that what they offer is as good as or better than in-house provision.
A welcome opportunity
"We can do those services just as well," she explained. "So the Localism Bill will give providers a welcome opportunity that they haven't had before. We've got to be very proactive and look at all the measures available to us."
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