The study, which evaluates the impact of the government-backed Commissioning Support Programme (CSP), makes recommendations on how councils can continue to drive improvements in commissioning after the support programme draws to a close this week.
It suggests that local authorities should carry on producing children and young people’s plans to assist in planning services, despite the fact that the government has removed the duty on councils to create such documents.
The CSP's report also claims that the commissioning of services for children could be at risk unless local authorities have some sort of access to support to identify and rectify their own failings.
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