Josh MacAlister said that profiteering from the sector is “indefensible” given demand and budgetry pressures facing children’s social care.
He was due to make the comments at a speech to the Independent Children’s Home Association today (June 10).
“I would implore those of you who are owners of private children’s homes, particularly large groups, to act with responsibility to bring down costs and reduce profit-making and to be responsive to the needs of children,” he was due to stay.
“It is better that plans to make this happen are started.”
MacAlister said the current system of profiteering from residential care “cannot continue” adding, “we need to ask, if we were creating care today that was good enough for all our children, what would it look like? I do not believe the current system is one we would choose to design”.
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