President John Coughlan said there was a growing need for services, buttightening criteria and dwindling funding. He was speaking in responseto the Commission for Social Care Inspection's The State of Social Carein England report, published last week.
He said: "Unless children meet the high level of risk or need they maymiss out." He added that a close eye needed to be kept on young carersto ensure their needs were met.
Lynne Berry, chief executive of the General Social Care Council, saidthere was still work to do.
"A third of children's homes do not meet standards relating to health'safety and the adequacy of staff," she pointed out.
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