Derby City Council – Freedom of Information Response
Number 11244
Date: 23/04/2018
Questions:
Answers:
1. Can you please explain your
We have 2 Frameworks in place in
commissioning processes for providers
commissioning.
of accommodation and/or support in
The East Midlands Regional
respect to looked after children in
Children’s Framework that we use to
residential care/looked after children in
source residential placements and
semi-independent placements/care
fostering placements.
leavers/uasc.
We have an Accommodation and
Do you spot purchase, have framework
Support Framework in place for 16/17
agreements or have block contracts in
year olds that we source semi-
each of these categories?
independent placements. These
include care leavers where necessary
and UASC.
DCC has an agreement in place for a
housing offer/pathway for care-
leavers with Derby Homes.
We are also procuring a 5 bed block
contract for 16/17 year olds who are at
risk of homelessness or children in
need, which will commence in May
2018.
2. If you have framework agreements
The East Midlands Regional
and/or block contracts for
Children’s Framework opens yearly in
accommodation and/or support in
August for new providers and is due
respect to looked after children in
to be re-tendered in 2019/2020.
residential care/looked after children in
semi-independent placements/care
The Accommodation and Support
leavers/uasc, please specify when each
Framework for 16/17 year olds is due
of these are due to be re-tendered?
to be re-tendered in 2019.
We also are procuring a 5 bed block
contract for 16/17 year olds who are at
risk of homelessness or children in
need which will commence in May
2018.
3. Do organisations need to go through a
We source our placements in the first
pre-registration process to accommodate
instance from the Frameworks, we
looked after children in residential
rarely spot purchase placements.
care/looked after children in semi-
independent placements/care
Any providers who we place with off
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leavers/uasc on a spot purchase basis?
framework need to sign our off framework terms and conditions and
undergo pre-placement quality
assurance (Ofsted) and references.
4. Do you have local authority run
Derby City Council has six Residential
provisions for looked after children in
Children’s Homes.
residential care/looked after children in
semi-independent placements/care
Currently 24 children in care are
leavers/uasc?
placed in these six residential homes.
If so, how many of each category are
currently accommodated in these
facilities?
5. Please specify the number of looked
after children in residential care/looked
after children in semi-independent
placements/care leavers/uasc
accommodated currently via:
a. spot purchase
12
b. framework agreements
280
c. block contracts
0
6. How many care leavers/uasc aged 16-
Of the 24 children in care highlighted
17 years old and specified in the answer
in Q4 – 9 are aged 16-17 and
to question 4 are accommodated in
accommodated in residential
residential children's homes?
children’s homes.
Care Leavers are not accommodated
in residential children’s homes as
they are no longer in care.
None of the nine children aged 16-17
are UASC.
7. What is the 2017/18 average weekly
£3,726
cost of placing a looked after child aged
under 16 year in a private residential
children's home?
8. What is the 2017/18 average weekly
£4,272
cost of placing a care leavers/uasc child
aged 16-17 in a private residential
children's home?
9. What is the 2017/18 average weekly
£425
cost of placing a care leavers/uasc child
aged 16-17 in a 24/7 supervised semi-
independent provision?
10. What is the 2017/18 average weekly
N/A as we do not place in semi-
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cost of placing a care leavers/uasc child
independent provision without a
aged 16-17 in an unsupervised semi-
support element to the placement.
independent provision?
Please include the cost of floating
support. Please advise if you do not
place 16-17 year olds in an unsupervised
semi-independent provision.
11. What is the 2017/18 average weekly
We do not place care leavers in semi-
cost of placing a care leavers/uasc aged
independent we ensure offers of
18-24 in a 24/7 supervised semi-
housing.
independent provision?
Please advise if you do not place 18-24
year olds in a supervised semi-
independent provision.
12. What is the 2017/18 average weekly
N/A as we do not place in semi-
cost of placing care leavers/uasc 18-24
independent provision without a
year olds in an unsupervised semi-
support element to the placement.
independent provision? Please include
the cost of floating support.
13. Who should be approached within
Catherine Young – Children in Care
the council to discuss spot purchase
Commissioning Manager.
commissioning, service provision, rates
and referrals for accommodating looked
after children in residential children's
homes?
Who is the specific named point of
contact?
14. Who should be approached within
Catherine Young – Children in Care
the council to discuss spot purchase
Commissioning Manager.
commissioning, service provision, rates
and referrals for accommodating and/or
supporting care leavers/uasc aged 16-17
years old?
Who is the specific named point of
contact?
15. Who should be approached within
Catherine Young – Children in Care
the council to discuss spot purchase
Commissioning Manager.
commissioning, service provision, rates
and referrals for accommodating and/or
supporting care leavers/uasc aged 18-24
years old?
Who is the specific named point of
contact?
16. Who should be approached within
Catherine Young – Children in Care
the council to discuss framework
Commissioning Manager.
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agreement/block purchase
commissioning for accommodating
looked after children in residential
care/looked after children in semi-
independent placements/care
leavers/uasc?
Who is the specific named point of
contact?
17. Please can you provide me with a list
Details for both providers on the East
of all of your current suppliers signed up
Midlands Regional Childrens
to framework agreements/block purchase
Framework and Derby City Supported
contracts for accommodating looked after
Accommodation Framework can be
children in residential care/looked after
found on:
children in semi-independent
https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
placements/care leavers/uasc?
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