Next month, councils will be banned from placing children in care aged under 16 in unregulated placements, the first stage of a planned reform of such ‘independent’ and ‘semi-independent’ accommodation. Stage two concerns the vast majority of such placements, for those aged 16 and 17, for which the government has proposed national standards, backed up […]
Read full piece at source: Sector split on unregulated placements overhaul as under-16s ban looms
niromp.org 