The Guardian has reported on research from Oxford University looking at how the outsourcing of children’s social care to the private sector has influenced placement locality and long-term stability over time. Findings include: for-profit outsourcing is linked with more placements away from the child’s home and with more unstable, short-term placements.
Read the news story: Outsourced care means more children being moved further away – study
Read the study: For-profit outsourcing and its effects on placement stability and locality for children in care in England, 2011–2022: a longitudinal ecological analysis
Source: The Guardian
Date: 29 May 2023
