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Somerset CC to open up to 10 new children's homes

Somerset CC is to open up to 10 new children’s homes by 2026, admitting it is too reliant on larger for-profit providers in children’s social care.

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By Ann McGauran | 22 June 2021

Somerset CC is to open up to ten new children's homes by 2026, admitting it is too reliant on larger for-profit providers in children's social care.

The council will also invest over the same period in higher needs foster carers and specialist therapeutic education for the children.

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