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Local authorities not showing interest in RCC pilots, ADCS warns

2 mins read Social Care Care Review
No areas have expressed an interest in adopting government plans to pilot a scheme for regional care cooperatives (RCCs) to commission children's services, social care leaders have said.
Children must live locally where possible under local authorities in regional care cooperatives, ADCS says. Picture: Hero Images/Adobe Stock
Children must live locally where possible under local authorities in regional care cooperatives, ADCS says. Picture: Hero Images/Adobe Stock

A new position paper, published by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS), on plans to pilot RCCs in two areas from spring 2024, states: “There are varying degrees of interest in taking up a RCC pathfinder opportunity but, at present, no region seems to be interested in adopting the approach as outlined by the Department for Education.” 

The paper lays out a series of “prerequisites” to success which it says should be adopted by both government and councils considering taking part in the DfE pilot, first proposed by the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care.

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