The charity's Fostering New Links project was set up in 1998 to provide intensive fostering support for seven- to 16-year-olds with behavioural or mental health problems, or a history of offending. The project funded a team of social workers, teachers and mental health professionals to work with each young person, their carers and birth families.
For the first three years, Coram Family was contracted to local authorities in Greater London, but for the past three years, the charity ran the service on a spot purchase basis. Gillian Pugh, chief executive of Coram Family, said the charity was paying to retain staff and carers, regardless of whether the vacancies were filled by local authorities.
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