The report states that difficult public spending circumstances should be seen as an opportunity for innovation.
It adds that commissioners and providers must work together to assess the needs of children, determine available resources and ensure that children are placed at the right time.
Meanwhile, it argues that payment-by-results models could be adopted so children’s services departments are offered extra funding if young people successfully make the transition to adulthood, with reduced cost to other public services.
Calculations featured in the report show that £87,178,500 per year can be saved through diverting just 10 per cent of care leavers who end up in prison away from the justice system.
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