Worcestershire County Council’s proposed scheme under which some children could be forced to help meet the costs of being taken into care, is not just silly or stupid, it’s nasty.
The Guardian quotes Tom Rahilly, head of strategy and
development for looked-after children at the NSPCC, as saying: "(The
scheme) has the potential to prevent parents seeking help at the earliest
opportunity which will be bad for those children and means their problems will
get worse."
He’s absolutely right and Worcestershire County Council is
absolutely wrong on this issue. Time to think again.
