Please provide the following information:
1. The number of 16+ Support and Accommodation provisions/homes operated by the Local Authority as at March 2022;
Nil
2. The number of 16+ support and accommodation provisions/homes operated by an Independent (private or voluntary) provider within your Local Authority as at March 2022, please include the number of providers and where possible, the number of homes within your Local Authority area;
75 provisions overall with 25 providers
53 of these provisions are within the Local Authority area with 19 providers
3. The number of 16+ support and accommodation provisions/homes operated by an Independent (private or voluntary) provider within your Local Authority as March 2022 under a block contract arrangement, if appropriate please advise of the format of this provision;
Nil
LAC and Care leaver Statistics
4. The number of current young people looked after by your local authority turning 16 in the next year;
82 current children in care will turn 16 in the next year.
5. The number of young people living within a Local Authority managed 16+ support and accommodation provision/home;
Devon County Council do not mange any 16+ supported living accommodation
6. The number of young people currently placed within a 16+ support and accommodation provision operated by an Independent (private or voluntary) provider both within your Local Authority area and outside;
As of 1st March 2022, 53 children were placed in supported living accommodation provided by an independent provider
Framework & Non-Framework Providers & Fees
7. In relation to any Frameworks you currently operate for 16+ support and accommodation operated by an Independent (private or voluntary) provider within your Local Authority, please provide the following information (including Provider name) about the number of young people placed with 16+ support and accommodation provision operated by an Independent (private or voluntary) provider within your Local Authority, the average weekly fee paid for these placements, per type specified and whether the fees include any discounts agreed with said Provider. Please also advise the totals for all placements in each type specified i.e. total average weekly fee & total no of young people in placement.
Please use the example format below and return in an excel spreadsheet if possible:
Framework
Name of Provider Average weekly fee (multi-staffing) Average weekly fee (solo) Average weekly fee (other) No of CYP in placement (multi-staffing) No of CYP in placement (solo) No of CYP in placement (other) Discounts Agreed (type & %)
Provider 1 name (example) £ £ £ e.g long term, volume
Provider 2 name (example) £ £ £
Total (of all placements) £ £ £
Please see the table below. We should clarify that any specific discounts agreed with providers are peculiar to that arrangement and disclosure of the same would prejudice any future similar arrangements. Whilst we acknowledge the need for transparency, it is not in the public interest to prejudice arrangements which assist in saving public money. This information is therefore exempt from disclosure pursuant to section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
|
Framework Provider (Devon only) |
Average weekly fee (Multi-staffing) | Average weekly fee (Solo) | Average weekly fee (Other) |
| Acorn Independence Ltd | £2500.00 | £1850.00 | – |
| Ambitions Support Ltd | £2200.00 | – | – |
| Blueline Healthcare Solutions | – | – | – |
| City of Exeter YMCA | £396.73 | – | – |
| Columba Healthcare Services Ltd | – | – | – |
| CSM Independence | £1671.33 | – | – |
| Exe-Changes Ltd | £3148.00 | – | – |
| Fusion Independence | £734.69 | – | – |
| Just One | |||
| KPR Care Services Ltd | £2333.33 | – | – |
| Keys PCE | – | – | – |
| Next Step Independence | £3886.01 | – | – |
| Parallel Independence Ltd | £1522.50 | – | – |
| Reflections | £3484.00 | – | – |
| Stepping Away From Care (SAFCA) | £2336.5 | – | – |
| Stonewater | – | – | – |
| The Halfway Ltd | £2500.00 | – | – |
| Westward Housing | – | – | – |
| Young Devon | £462.51 | – | £480.82 |
8. As per question 7, please provide the same information; however, this time in relation to Non-Framework Providers i.e. where the Local Authority (LA) has placed with Independent 16+ support and accommodation Providers using a Spot Purchase mechanism because the Provider is not on a Framework with the LA. Please also advise the totals for all placements in each type specified i.e. total average weekly fee & total no of young people in placement.
Please use the example format below and return in an excel spreadsheet if possible:
Non- Framework
Name of Provider Average weekly fee (multi-staffing) Average weekly fee (solo) Average weekly fee (other) No of CYP in placement (multi-staffing) No of CYP in placement (solo) No of CYP in placement (other) Discounts Agreed (type & %)
Provider 1 name (example) £ £ £ e.g long term, volume
Provider 2 name (example) £ £ £
Total (of all placements) £ £ £
Please see the table below and with respect to the request for discounts, please refer to our response to question 7.
| Non-Framework Provider | Average weekly fee (Multi-staffing) | Average weekly fee (Solo) | Average weekly fee (Other) |
| Central and Southern | £3828.40 | – | – |
| Futur3s Southwest | £7260.00 | – | – |
| Nurtured Future Living | £3800.00 | – | – |
| Komplex Care | – | £12000.00 | – |
| Your Choice Assisted Living | £1969.01 | – | – |
9. Provide details of any e-sourcing portals used by your local authority to advertise tender opportunities for 16+ Support and Accommodation Provision:
www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
10. Please provide the contact details for the team within your local authority that source placements for young people requiring 16+ Support and Accommodation Provisions:
Childrensplacements-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
11. Please provide us of the details of any block contract arrangements you currently hold for 16+ provision within the Devon area.
Nil