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Sub-Regional Framework for Agency Placements North Lincolnshire Council East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Sub-Regional Framework for Agency
PlacementsNorth Lincolnshire Council
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Provider Event – Agenda
Welcome & introduction
Background
Indicative budget
Joint placement statistics
Feedback from children and young people
who are, or have been in care, or attend/
have attended Special School.
Key service requirements: Residential Fostering SEN
How the process would work Benefits to providers Indicative timetable What to do next Key contacts Questions & answers
Background
What we are doing: Implementing a formal approach to procuring
agency placements from the market place. Will be a 3 year framework, with an option to
extend for an additional 12 months. Once accepted onto the framework,
individual requirements will be requested separately by East Riding and North Lincolnshire councils.
Background Cont ..
Why we are doing this: We are obligated to comply with
procurement regulations and legal requirements.
Continue to develop working relationships with providers to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people.
Key Points: We only go to market if the need cannot be
met internally; National drive, and usually in children and
young people’s best interest, for placements to be as close to home as possible, where appropriate;
The majority of our external placements are within or just outside our Local Authority area;
Indicative Budget
Please note the above information does not reflect the actual spend.
Annual Budget Allocation for Agency Placements
North Lincolnshire
East Riding TOTAL BUDGET
Residential Social Care Placements £ 641,370 £ 1,246,000 £ 1,887,370 Residential SEN/Disability Placements £ 234,227 £ 1,024,000 £ 1,258,227 Independent Schools Placements £ 3,667,340 £ 2,526,130 £ 6,193,470 Foster Care Placements £ 947,640 £ 1,697,000 £ 2,644,640 LA TOTALS £ 5,490,577 £ 6,493,130 £ 11,983,707
Breakdown of Budget
16%
10%
52%
22%Residential Social CarePlacements
Residential SEN/DisabilityPlacements
Independent SchoolsPlacements
Foster Care Placements
Joint Placement Statistics Residential Care
14 places within 30 miles from LA boundary 6 places more than 30 miles from LA boundary
Foster Care 88 places within 30 miles from LA boundary 4 places more than 30 miles from LA boundary
Special Schools 53 in county placements 77 out of county placements
Boundary % - Residential
70%
30%
More than 30 Miles from LA Boundary
Within 30 Miles of LA Boundary
Boundary % - Foster Care
96%
4%
Within 30 Miles of LA Boundary
More than 30 Miles from LA Boundary
In/Out of County % - SEN
* Please note that the % breakdown on SEN does not fall into the ’30 mile’ boundary as measured for Residential and Foster Care.
41%
59%
In County Placements
Out of County Placements
New Placements Jan - Dec 2012
13
56
26
Foster Care (56)
Special Schools (26)
Residential Care (13)
Feedback from children & young people
Joint CYP participation event. Genuine and meaningful, ensuring that
CYP’s views are heard. Views and values will be incorporated into
the service specifications. Young people will be involved in tender
evaluations.
Residential Placements
We require providers to have: Good quality provision (registered with Ofsted) Local Provision Choice Value for money Trained and competent staff Placement stability Positive Outcomes for young people Evidence of good practice Adhere to Safeguarding practice and Safer
Recruitment processes May include education
Residential Cont …
Types of Provision Required: Male/Female/Mixed/Solo
Current Needs: Attachment Issues Autism Aspergers Sexualised Behaviour Challenging Behaviour Therapeutic Needs
Foster Placements
Currently we require the following type of fostering placements: Emergency Short term Long term Short breaks Parent & Child placements Assessment (potential future need)
Foster Cont …
We require providers to have: Local provision Good Quality provision – adhering to fostering
National Minimum Standards and regulations Trained and competent foster carers Good matching processes Good recruitment and assessment processes Adhere to Safeguarding practice and Safer
Recruitment processes Value for Money Placement stability
SEN Placements
Relates to placements in independent/non-maintained special school provision
Ideally aim to place pupils in day placements locally, but due to complexity of need/distance from home, some placements are residential
Service spec to be developed as part of this process Placements must be able to meet needs as identified
in the Statement of SEN Main needs in relation to SEN Placements -
BESD/ASC.
SEN – North Lincolnshire
Current number of pupils placed in independent/non-maintained sector – 74
18 pupils were placed in the last 12 months (24%) Number of day placements – 41 (55%) Number of residential placements – 33 (45%) Of those in residential provision – 26 are in 38 week
provision (79%), 7 are in 52 week provision (21%) Number of in county placements – 34 (46%) Number in out of county placements – 40 (54%)
SEN – East Riding
Current number of pupils placed in independent/non- maintained sector – 56
4 pupils were placed in the last 12 months (7%) Number of day placements – 38 (68%) Number of residential placements – 18 (32%) Of those in residential provision – 10 are in 38 week
provision (55%), and 8 are in 52 week provision (45%) Number of in county placements – 19 (34%) Number in out of county placements – 37 (66%)
How the process would work
Submit Application
Evaluate Applications
Successful Applications added to Framework
NLCAward Contract
Joint Process
North Lincolnshire Placement Requests
ER CriteriaApprove or Reject
Application to Join Framework
Individual LA Mini Competition ProcessVia YORtender
East Riding Placement Requests
NLC CriteriaApprove or Reject
ERAward Contract
Individual LA
Process
Benefits to providers
One application process for both local authorities;
Providers on the framework will be the first port of call for accessing opportunities;
Open and transparent process; Future commissioning of placements
will follow a formal process.
Indicative timetable
April – Launch tender May – Responses In May to June – Evaluations June to July – Provider interviews
(if required) August – Approval process September – Contract award
What to do next: Ensure you are registered on NLC electronic
tendering system, to download information from today: www.yortender.co.uk
On home page, there is a link to ‘Supplier Registration’ on left hand side.
Contract ID for this information:
YORE-94HKPF When tender is launched, it will be a new
procurement with new contract ID.
Key Contacts
North Lincolnshire Council: Residential/Fostering - Haydee Barrett – 01724 296380
[email protected] SEN - Sheena Byron – 01724 297148
East Riding Council: Residential/Fostering – John Hunter – 01482 396495
[email protected] SEN – Annette Benstead – 01482 392161
Questions & Answers
