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Profit Making and Risk in Independent Children’s Social Care Placement Providers

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Local authorities in England spend more than £2bn a year buying fostering and children's homes services alone from private and voluntary sector organisations (collectively referred to as the independent sector). Local authorities themselves continue to provide most foster placements, but around two in every five foster placements are made with independent sector providers. In children's homes the reverse is true. Here, three in every four placements are made in the independent sector.

Technology in Children's Services: Policy context

Other

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| CYP Now

At its best, technology speeds up laborious inputting of information, enabling children’s services practitioners to spend more time with their clients, helps commissioners to identify trends so they can prioritise resources, and enable leaders to make informed choices on how services are structured.

Future of foster care: innovation in recruitment and retention

Features

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Three out of four children in care are fostered, but the recruitment and retention of foster carers remain key challenges. Charlotte Goddard examines some of the latest pioneering practice.

Peterborough contract collapse: key reasons and its implications

Analysis

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Seen as a blueprint for future charity and council partnerships to deliver children’s services, the £126m contract between Tact and Peterborough City Council has ended after just three years. Experts assess what can be learned.

Children's Care Commissioning Special Report

Features

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

| CYP Now

Commissioners of children's services are key to ensuring vulnerable young people get the right placements. CYP Now's special report looks at the latest developments, academic research and examples of best practice.

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

Best Practice

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Struggling council transforms how it commissions placements for children in care with the focus on reducing trauma and addressing complex needs.

Commissioning Children’s Social Care: Special Report

Features

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

Government plans in the wake of the Care Review aim to tackle the challenging environment faced by commissioners, with increasing numbers of children in the system and inflation pushing up care fees.

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

Features

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| CYP Now

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.