Residential services plan in order of priority: Ensure local excess demand for foster placements is met by the Private and Voluntary Sector. Category Management to work with the WLA to identify and work with organisations that wish to develop services locally ensuring that opportunities exist for all providers of Residential Children’s Homes in West London. Category Management to work with the WLA to identify options for and implement a preferred procurement approach for Residential Children’s Homes in Hillingdon and West London. Work with London Care Service to develop the London Care Placements framework. Semi-Independent services plan in order of priority: Ensure local demand for Semi-Independent services is met by the Private and Voluntary Sector. Review Hostel services with a view to Tender. Review Teenage Parent service with a view to Tender. Category Management to work with The London Borough of Hounslow and the WLA to tender and implement the Semi-Independent Living Services Framework in 2015 and 2016. Measurement of progress Improved permanent placement outcomes for LAC in Hillingdon - improvement in the performance as measured by the national adoption score card. Reduction in the number of children moved further than 20 miles from their home address to minimum - less than 10% of LAC (36). QA framework provides evidence of good quality social work practice on all assessments undertaken by Coram (80% judged good or better and no inadequate). Number of in-house foster placements to increase to 110 by April 2016. The proportion of IFA placements to be less than 40%. Looked After Children receive good outcomes within 12-18 months (return home, long- term fostering, adoption, SGO, Connected Persons). As part of a value for money exercise with WLA; Benchmarking of in-house foster carers will be carried out across the West London boroughs.
Residential services plan in order of priority: Ensure local excess demand for foster placements is met by the Private and Voluntary Sector. Category Management to work with the WLA to identify and work with organisations that wish to develop services locally ensuring that opportunities exist for all providers of Residential Children’s Homes in West London. Category Management to work with the WLA to identify options for and implement a preferred procurement approach for Residential Children’s Homes in Hillingdon and West London. Work with London Care Service to develop the London Care Placements framework. Semi-Independent services plan in order of priority: Ensure local demand for Semi-Independent services is met by the Private and Voluntary Sector. Review Hostel services with a view to Tender. Review Teenage Parent service with a view to Tender. Category Management to work with The London Borough of Hounslow and the WLA to tender and implement the Semi-Independent Living Services Framework in 2015 and 2016. Measurement of progress Improved permanent placement outcomes for LAC in Hillingdon - improvement in the performance as measured by the national adoption score card. Reduction in the number of children moved further than 20 miles from their home address to minimum - less than 10% of LAC (36). QA framework provides evidence of good quality social work practice on all assessments undertaken by Coram (80% judged good or better and no inadequate). Number of in-house foster placements to increase to 110 by April 2016. The proportion of IFA placements to be less than 40%. Looked After Children receive good outcomes within 12-18 months (return home, long- term fostering, adoption, SGO, Connected Persons). As part of a value for money exercise with WLA; Benchmarking of in-house foster carers will be carried out across the West London boroughs.
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