Appendices Appendix one Ealing LAC and Care Leaver Commissioning Strategy Action Plan – 2014 to 2017 Appendix two West London Alliance (WLA) commissioning strategy – Appendix one Ealing LAC and Care Leavers Commissioning Strategy 2014 2017 – – Action Plan 1. Foster care What we are trying to Key actions Lead Timescale and update achieve Increase capacity of in To increase number of Operations Manager By 31 March 2015 house fostering and in house foster carers Children’s – adoption service by at least 14 in Placements 2014/15 To the learning AD Safeguarding and We increased the from the Impower Support numbers of foster work to improve the carers in 2014/15 by 9. recruitment of This was not as many foster carers as anticipated but compares very well with To work with West local IFA recruitment London Alliance monitored via the WLA Boroughs to identify IFA Framework. The additional areas for target for 2015/16 is to joint working between increase the number of borough based carers by 21 by the 31st fostering March 2016. services Set up an in house Establish local Operations Manager By Summer 2014 therapeutic fostering specialist fostering Children’s – service placements thus Placements This programme will go ensuring local live in spring/summer provision for difficult to 2015. This is to allow place young people. this project to be included in the wider Brighter Futures project to enable professionals/teams to be put in place to support these placements
Appendices Appendix one – Ealing LAC and Care Leaver Commissioning Strategy Action Plan 2014 to 2017 Appendix two – West London Alliance (WLA) commissioning strategy Appendix one – Ealing LAC and Care Leavers Commissioning Strategy 2014 – 2017 Action Plan 1. Foster care What we are trying to achieve Key actions Lead Timescale and update Increase capacity of in house fostering and adoption service To increase number of in house foster carers by at least 14 in 2014/15 To the learning from the Impower work to improve the recruitment of foster carers To work with West London Alliance Boroughs to identify additional areas for joint working between borough based fostering services Operations Manager – Children’s Placements AD Safeguarding and Support By 31 March 2015 We increased the numbers of foster carers in 2014/15 by 9. This was not as many as anticipated but compares very well with local IFA recruitment monitored via the WLA IFA Framework. The target for 2015/16 is to increase the number of carers by 21 by the 31st March 2016. Set up an in house therapeutic fostering service Establish local specialist fostering placements thus ensuring local provision for difficult to place young people. Operations Manager – Children’s Placements By Summer 2014 This programme will go live in spring/summer 2015. This is to allow this project to be included in the wider Brighter Futures project to enable professionals/teams to be put in place to support these placements
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