The closure of a number of children’s homes by one of the largest residential childcare providers in England and Wales is linked to “sector-wide recruitment challenges”, the Outcomes First Group says.
There is a sufficiency crisis for looked-after children in residential and foster care. In the case of residential sufficiency, the crisis has now become more acute with the reported planned closure of a significant number of homes operated by Outcomes First Group (see "Guide to OFG" below).