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Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Special Report

Government plans in the wake of the Care Review aim to tackle the challenging environment faced by commissioners, with increasing numbers of children in the system and inflation pushing up care fees.
Regional care co-operatives will test the commissioning of residential and foster care placements in two areas. Picture: Studio Romantic/Adobe Stock
Regional care co-operatives will test the commissioning of residential and foster care placements in two areas. Picture: Studio Romantic/Adobe Stock

Measures in Stable Homes, Built on Love, the government's response to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care, have the potential to significantly change the way children's social care services are commissioned in the future.

The reforms will see the creation of regional care co-operatives in two areas to test out the commissioning of residential and foster care placements across groups of around 20 local authorities.

These co-operatives will also involve health and youth justice agencies and work more closely with care providers to ensure the right placements are available in an area.

The government says the reforms will improve the sufficiency of placements available to councils, reduce the cost of care placements and minimise the need for children to be placed outside their local area.

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