The Government is being asked to consider a ban on agency social workers as they are costing a struggling council in Yorkshire around £2.5m a month.
Almost half the social workers in Bradford are from an agency, as the council has been struggling to recruit and retain full-time staff in recent years. Bradford Council said its reliance on these workers is one of the “main reasons” for its financial troubles, as the bill is expected to reach £30m this year. That is up from £4.3m in 2018/19.
There are now more than 82,000 children in care in England and a shortage of places has driven up prices and profits for private providers, which own more than 80 per cent of the country’s 2,208 homes. Analysis by the Local Government Association shows that councils paid the 20 largest private providers in England £1.63bn last year and they kept almost 20 per cent – £310m – as profit.
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