Decision details
Care Closer to Home: Placement Commissioning Strategy for Looked After Children
Decision Maker: Joint Education, Youth & Culture and Social & Health Care Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To outline the outcome of the review and
impact of FCC Local Policy
Decision:
(a) That the committee support the progress made in delivering phase one of our ‘Care Closer to Home’ strategy.
(b) That a workshop for Elected Members was arranged in the Autumn 2024 to outline the new legislation, the context of current placement commissioning (often referred to as Out of County Placements) and to explore options for developing our strategic approach for placement commissioning and further development of in-house placement provision.
Report author: Rachel Padfield
Publication date: 20/08/2024
Date of decision: 27/06/2024
Decided at meeting: 27/06/2024 - Joint Education, Youth & Culture and Social & Health Care Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Accompanying Documents:
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