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Dear Portsmouth City Council,

1. Can you please explain your commissioning processes for providers of accommodation and/or support in respect to looked after children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc. Do you spot purchase, have framework agreements or have block contracts in each of these categories?

2. If you have framework agreements and/or block contracts for accommodation and/or support in respect tolooked after children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc, please specify when each of these are due to be re-tendered.

3. Do organisations need to go through a pre-registration process to accommodate looked after children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc on a spot purchase basis?

4. Do you have local authority run provisions for looked after children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc? 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

b. framework agreements

c. block contracts

6. How many care leavers/uasc aged 16-17 years old and specified in the answer to question 4 are are accommodated in residential children's homes?

7. What is the 2017/18 average weekly 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 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 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 cost of placing a care leavers/uasc child aged 16-17 in an unsupervised semi-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 cost of placing a care leavers/uasc aged 18-24 in a 24/7 supervised semi-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 cost of placing care leavers/uasc 18-24 year olds in an unsupervised semi-independent provision? Please include the cost of floating support.

13. Who should be approached within the council to discuss spot purchase 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 the council to discuss spot purchase 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 the council to discuss spot purchase 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 the council to discuss framework 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 of all of your current suppliers signed up to framework agreements/block purchase contracts for accommodating looked after children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc?

Yours faithfully,

nilesh bhalani

FOI, Portsmouth City Council

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Reference: FOI2018/0427

 

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FOI, Portsmouth City Council

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Information Governance, Community & Communications Service
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL
Telephone:    023 9268 8482
 
 
Our Ref: FOI2018/427
 
Dear Nilesh Bhalani
                                   
INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI2018/427 - Childrens & Social Services
Commissioning
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 24th March 2018,
which was considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 
 
In accordance with the Act, Portsmouth City Council confirms it holds the
information.
 
YOUR REQUEST AND OUR RESPONSE:
 
1. Can you please explain your commissioning processes for providers of
accommodation and/or support in respect to looked after children in
residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care
leavers/uasc. Do you spot purchase, have framework agreements or have
block contracts in each of these categories?
We currently have a framework for Residential accommodation with 11 other
Local Authorities.   There is no provision for block contracts within that
framework. We currently spot purchase for semi-independent placements for
care leavers/and unaccompanied minors.
2. If you have framework agreements and/or block contracts for
accommodation and/or support in respect tolooked after children in
residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care
leavers/uasc, please specify when each of these are due to be re-tendered.
The Residential Framework is currently out to tender. At this moment it
is being run by Capita on behalf of Southampton City Council the lead
Authority on behalf of the Consortia, with the new framework to commence
on 1.8.18.  A procurement exercise is currently underway between various
Local Authorities in relation to Semi Independent provision which has yet
to be published.  This again will be led by Capita on behalf of
Southampton City Council.
3. Do organisations need to go through a pre-registration process to
accommodate looked after children in residential care/looked after
children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc on a spot
purchase basis?
New organisations that we have not used before are required to go through
a standard pre-registration process prior to placements being made on a
spot purchase basis.
4. Do you have local authority run provisions for looked after children in
residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care
leavers/uasc? If so, how many of each category are currently accommodated
in these facilities?
We have Local Authority residential provision for looked after
children.     Looked After Children =  2     Care Leavers = 1       
Unaccompanied Minors = 2
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 = 17

b. framework agreements = 15

c. block contracts  = 0
6. How many care leavers/uasc aged 16-17 years old and specified in the
answer to question 4 are are accommodated in residential children's homes?
Due to low numbers, we believe that, together with other information in
the possession of the Data Controller, disclosure of this information
could lead to the identification of individuals.  We do not believe it
would be their reasonable expectation for their information to be
disclosed into the public domain and to do so would therefore cause us to
breach the First Principle of the Data Protection Act.  Therefore, PCC has
engaged the exemption in accordance with section 40 (2) of the Freedom of
Information Act (Personal Information).
7. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a looked after child
aged under 16 year in a private residential children's home?
£4,233.40
8. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a care leavers/uasc
child aged 16-17 in a private residential children's home?
We do not place care leavers/unaccompanied minors aged 16-17 in a private
residential children's home.
9. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a care leavers/uasc
child aged 16-17 in a 24/7 supervised semi-independent provision?
£917.30
10. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a care leavers/uasc
child aged 16-17 in an unsupervised semi-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.
£658 pw inc floating support
11. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a care leavers/uasc
aged 18-24 in a 24/7 supervised semi-independent provision? Please advise
if you do not place 18-24 year olds in a supervised semi-independent
provision.
£81.22 pw
12. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing care leavers/uasc
18-24 year olds in an unsupervised semi-independent provision? Please
include the cost of floating support.
£475 pw incl floating support
13. Who should be approached within the council to discuss spot purchase
commissioning, service provision, rates and referrals for accommodating
looked after children in residential children's homes? Who is the specific
named point of contact?
Karen Ebdon, Commissioning Contracts Officer - Children's Social Care
14. Who should be approached within the council to discuss spot purchase
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?
Karen Ebdon, Commissioning Contracts Officer - Children's Social Care
15. Who should be approached within the council to discuss spot purchase
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?
Karen Ebdon, Commissioning Contracts Officer - Children's Social Care
16. Who should be approached within the council to discuss framework
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?
Karen Ebdon, Commissioning Contracts Officer - Children's Social Care
17. Please can you provide me with a list of all of your current suppliers
signed up to framework agreements/block purchase contracts for
accommodating looked after children in residential care/looked after
children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc?
 
Please see below:-
Anderida Adolescent Care, Andover & District Mencap, Arc HD Services Ltd,
Beaufort Care Group, New Horizons (Child Care) Limited (BetterCare Keys ),
Carteech -Inspire, Channels & Choices (Therapeutic Community), Ethelbert
Childrens Services, Embrace Group T/A New Horizon Centre Ltd, Fairways
Care (UK) Ltd, Five Rivers Child Care, G4S Children's Services, Headway,
Horizon Care, Cambian Childcare, The Lioncare Group, Majestic Family
Services (Residential Family Centre)  My Choice Children's Homes, New
Horizons Stockport Ltd, Young Options College Ltd T/A Young Options,
Options Group (New Options Ltd), Mayne Enterprises Ltd, Mayne Enterprises
Ltd, Acorn Care and Education Group was Pathway Care Solutions, Priory
Education Services Limited, Southern Adolescent Care Services, The
Caldecott Foundation, The Cuckfield Care Consultancy, The Drive Care
Homes, The Esland Group, Wessex College, Back on Track Accommodation,
VCare 24, Pathways to Independence UK, Street Support Limited,
Key2Futures,  Associated Care Services, Vivid.
 
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Yours sincerely
 
 
 
Natasha Downer
Corporate Information Governance Officer
 

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