Purpose

To approve the development of proposals and
initial investment in fostering and placement support services to
continue to improve outcomes for children by creating increased
in-house capacity for children and young people to reduce reliance
on externally commissioned fostering and residential placements and
in so doing to generate savings across children and family’s
placement budgets. 

Content

The Director of
Children & Families has agreed to:
a) 
Note the
content of the report and invest to save proposition for new
capacity within the fostering and placement support
services;
b) 
Approve the
overall business case as described in this report;
and
c) 
Approve the
establishment of the required new posts, as identified at appendix
1.