CYP Now - Liverpool on journey to sustainable children’s home sector

Liverpool, like many areas, has seen rising demand for, and costs of, children’s residential care placements.

Increased costs of care placements have driven Liverpool to find new ways to fulfil its duties around residential and foster care. Picture: ShaunJeffers/Adobe Stock

Six councils in the Liverpool region have also developed a local framework with providers to boost provision for local children

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Liverpool City Council has embarked on an ambitious redesign of its children’s residential care model in a bid to improve long-term outcomes for its looked-after children and young people.

Now, some 18 months into the process, the local authority says it is starting to see the “green shoots” of its new approach. It has been working on both a local and regional level to reduce reliance on private sector providers and to address the issue of inflated placement costs.

At the heart of Liverpool’s model is a belief that demand for children’s residential care can be more effectively met through a range of provision rather than any one part of the sector.

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