220 jobs threatened at care units for children

A COMPANY contracted to care for troubled children has put its workforce on protective notice and warned that a HSE-imposed funding cut could force the closure of five of its 12 care units.

The HSE recently told Fresh Start it had capped at €5,000 a week the amount it can pay the company per child it cares for.

Fresh Start, the largest private provider of childcare services in the country, put its 220 staff on protective notice on Monday.