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The big debate: Will regional commissioning improve sufficiency and efficiency of places?

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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CYP Now hosts an expert panel to discuss whether government plans for regional care co-operatives will increase the supply of residential and foster care placements and reduce the costs to local authorities.

Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Key policy developments

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Faced with a 25 per cent rise in children in care over the past decade and funding levels that have failed to keep pace with this demand, some local authorities have struggled to ensure there are enough placements in their local area to meet the number and needs of children.

Regional sufficiency strategy controls costs

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Councils collaborate to optimise the commissioning of placements, which has boosted the number of providers they work with and kept costs down.

Step-down service improves placement stability

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

In-depth assessments identify ways to support young people from residential homes into foster care delivering placement stability and reducing council costs.

Non-profit provision the key to solving sufficiency

Opinion

Thursday, May 25, 2023

| CYP Now

The root of the current crisis in social care commissioning is the lack of sufficient placements.

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