The authorities currently spend more than 90m a year buyingresidential care places, foster placements and other services forchildren. Once the project is up and running, they hope to save 10 to 20per cent of that a year, said Darren Shaw, chair of the South West Headsof Children Services' Group. The savings will be invested in more familysupport services to prevent children going into care.
A web-based, interactive, searchable database is being developed. Itwill enable social workers to find a place that matches the needs of achild and organisations to register their places. It will also help the15 authorities plot trends in children's needs.
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