Hotels for kids in crisis are 'banned', paid carers are back, says Minister

NSW Minister for Families and Communities and Port Stephens MP Kate Washington. Picture by Simone De Peak.

AFTER a decade of increasing privatisation of child protection services, the state government is making a come back, "re-entering the market" as a foster care provider.

There will be a return to government-run residential care for children failed by private providers, as well as public and professional foster care.