Private Child Care Slated

摘要

Councils outsourcing child residential care to private firms are driving down standards of care services, Unison has claimed. Head of social care at the public sector union, Helga Pile, warned councils leaving important services to the mercy of private firms was 'extremely worrying'. She said: 'Standards for children taken into care have suffered as more residential care has been privatised. Vulnerable children should not be at the mercy of financial markets. 'In some areas, children's homes have been bought up by private equity companies, and in the current economic climate, this is extremely worrying.'