| FOI Request – FAO Children’s Commissioners | ||
| The purpose of this request is to develop an understanding of what is good practice in joint commissioning and funding of external placements with health/CCG/ICBs and children’s social care. | ||
| Please answer accordingly | ||
| Q1 | Do you have a joint commissioning framework for externally commissioned placements for children? | No frameworks are Devon County Council (DCC) commissioned. |
| Q1a | If yes, does this joint commissioning framework include partners from ‘health’ (eg, CCG or new ICBs)? | N/A |
| Q1b | Please share the terms of reference (ToR) or joint agreement, if health are included | N/A |
| Q2 | Do ‘health’ eg CCG/ICB, joint fund externally commissioned placements (eg, residential, therapeutic foster care, SEND, semi-independent provision)? | Yes |
| Q2a | If yes, what are the terms (please share a ToR or agreement)? | There is a Joint Agency Protection Panel consisting of DCC Children’s Social Care, DCC Education and Integrated Care Board (ICB). There are no terms of reference on file. |
| Q2b | If yes, how is that funding split for the following: (e.g. a shared percentage cost) | The methods detailed in the response to question Q4 are used to identify shared costs on a case by case true cost basis. There is no fixed percentage for any services / support. |
| -residential | ||
| -therapeutic foster care | ||
| -SEND provision | ||
| -semi-independent provision | ||
| Q3 | Do any other partners contribute (over and above children’s social care and health/CCG)? | No (except Education which is internal to DCC so not a separate entity). |
| Q3a | If yes, who and on what terms? | N/A |
| Q4 | Is the criteria in the ‘continuing care funding’ model used as a methodology for split funding? | Yes |
| Q4b | If yes, is this the only criteria ‘health’ use to determine funding? | No, ICB also use the CHAT tool to calculate the number hours of health specific support provided – one off requests can also be made where continuing care funding is not available but there is a health need that the authority cannot deliver. |
| Q5 | What was your Council 2021/22 yearly spend on external placements? | £47,861,800 |
| Q5a | What element of that was funded by health? | 3.10% |
| Q5b | What element of that was funded by education? | 4.50% |
| Q5c | What element of that was funded by ‘other’? | 0% |
| Q6 | Have you involved children or parents in your joint commissioning process? | N/A |
| Q7 | Do you refer to any models of practice in your commissioning framework or joint funding framework? | No |
| Q7a | If yes, please share this? | N/A |
| Q8 | Do you have any other comments? | No. |