Local authorities and other public agencies have been working across organisational or geographical boundaries for decades. A shared approach at a strategic or delivery level can improve the quality of the service and the cost of providing it.
The onset of austerity throughout the public sector has given added impetus to efforts to increase collaboration in how services for children, young people and families are delivered – between councils, with health and other public sector partners, with children’s charities and even private providers.
Until recently, most council shared services have been in back office functions, with just three per cent involving children’s services. However, there are a growing number of examples of children’s sector providers working together to deliver provision across a range of services, including leaving care, residential and foster placements, special educational needs and disabilities, and adoption.
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