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Independent foster care providersProvider Engagement Event
29 July 2014
Welcome, introductions and housekeeping
Becky Polito, Newcastle City Council
Lead Officer for NE7 Consortium
Feedback from event on 20 June 2014• Staying Put
– On today’s agenda for further discussion
• Value for money– Core-costs remaining the same– Looking to implement long-term and cost-volume discounts
• Review of monitoring processes– Contract compliance based on existing but will be expanded to
include new ‘key areas’ for regular review and scrutiny, including:• Child sexual exploitation; training, policy and procedures• More information on missing children• Greater clarity around expectations of communicating safeguarding concerns and
incidents• Preparation for independence
– Co-production of outcomes monitoring
Staying Put• Number of current young people in placement turning 18
years between 1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016 Local authority Number of young people in
all IFA providers due to turn 18 years in the period
01.04.2015 – 31.03.2016
Information correct as of
1 Durham 7 24.07.2014
2 Gateshead 3 17.07.2014
3 Newcastle 17 16.07.2014
4 North Tyneside 3 15.07.2014
5 Northumberland 8 24.07.2014
6 South Tyneside 6 24.07.2014
7 Sunderland 4 22.07.2014
Total 48
Staying Put(Introduction for table-top discussion and group feedback)
• Various government guidance published since 2013
• The Children’s Partnership has produced a ‘good practice guide’ this month
• Legislative requirement within the Children and Families Action 2014
• NE7 local authorities are very keen to get new arrangements from 2015 ‘ fit for purpose’ for young people, carers, providers and us
Staying Put(Introduction for table-top discussion and group feedback)
• ‘key questions’ for the NE7:– How does each provider see these arrangements being set up:
• Local authority – provider agency• Local authority – carer
– What messages are providers giving to carers?– What messages are carers giving to providers about how they
see things working; what is carers understanding and what are their anxieties?
Staying Put
• Early consideration of a sub-regional approach across the NE7 local authorities if arrangements sit outside of the NE7 framework contract
Break
Resume session at 11:20am
Case study exercise
• Task for the session is to– Review anonymised referrals and identify what current price
banding the child / young person would be in– Identify what additional information would be useful within the
referral to help get clarity on the needs of the child / young person
• Purpose of the session– Compare outcome of providers views with those of local
authorities– Inform future need bandings descriptors
WARNINGDon’t move to next slide until after case study exercise
No peeking…
Case study exercise…the results
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Transition arrangements
• Timescales– Existing placements will need to move onto new terms and
conditions with six-months of the start of the framework
• Processes– Price bandings will be based on the current assessed needs of
the child or young person at the point of transfer– Would aim to have discussions between local authorities and
providers– Process may vary across local authorities
Summary and close• Volunteers for co-production of outcome monitoring• This session marks the end of consultation with providers• Maybe additional an event to go through procurement
process• Consultation with young people will continue• Two-stage competitive tender process under Procurement
rules• NEPO portal www.nepoportal.org • Looking at the following timescales:
– stage 1 PQQ documentation 19.09.2014 – 18.10.2014
– stage 2 ITT documents 31.10.2014 – 04.12.2014
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