Providers sign up to a contracting framework that makes them preferred suppliers and block contracts provide income security
Places commissioned through the block contract are cheaper for the council while providers deliver a higher standard of care
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In little more than a decade, Plymouth has gone from having virtually no children’s residential care provision within the city to now having more than 20 beds and is seeing the benefits of local placements.
Emma Crowther, strategic commissioning manager at Plymouth City Council, says when she first joined the authority as a placement officer in 2009 there was “very little” in terms of children’s homes in Plymouth.
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