Moving children's social care to a not-for-profit model
This consultation seeks views on two related proposals, arising from the implementation of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025, which support the Welsh Government’s reform of children’s social care and the transition to a not-for-profit model of provision.
The proposals are to:
- restrict the further expansion of existing for-profit children’s services by preventing the addition of new beds in for-profit children’s homes and the approval of new foster carers by for-profit fostering service providers
- enable continuity of foster carer approvals by allowing, in limited and clearly defined circumstances, foster carer approvals to be deemed to transfer where a for-profit fostering service re-establishes as a not-for-profit fostering service
Together, these proposals are intended to support the reforms introduced by the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 while maintaining stability and continuity for children, foster carers and families.
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