Chiefs have agreed to invest nearly £15 million more into children’s care in Oldham which will see more social workers recruited and higher fostering payments.
The borough’s cabinet has signed off on plans to massively increase the authority’s funding of services for vulnerable children and families in order to tackle a ‘crisis’ in the sector.
The extra £14.7m will be used to recruit 50 more permanent social workers with the aim of ensuring ‘manageable’ case-loads and reducing the need for expensive agency staff.
