Thousands of new foster carers urgently needed in England, experts say
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6GVRN)
Social workers scrambling to find places for children after net loss of 1,000 foster families in past year
Child protection experts have called for an urgent nationwide hunt for thousands of new foster carers after a net loss of 1,000 families in the past year and a record number of children being placed far from home.
Social workers have described scrambling to find friends and family to take children in urgent need of safety, and reported that children are sometimes placed in hotels.
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