Children's Commissioning

  • Children’s Home Placements

    Please provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the period 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025 (or the most recent 12-month period for which data is available): 1. Children’s Home Placements * The total … Continue reading →

  • Agency care package spend

    I understand you have adult and children’s services currently being staffed by agency Can you be specific to the amount spent with agency for these care packages including adult and children’s services within complex care, domiciliary and homecare support living … Continue reading →

  • No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)

    1.Please provide your record of the numbers of families with children where parents/carers are subject to the NRPF condition and who are presently supported by your Children’s Services team(s) under section 17 of the Children Act as of February 5th … Continue reading →

  • Short Breaks for 16 and 17 year olds

    Please could you provide your assessment framework for Short Breaks for 16 and 17 year olds accessing Disabled Children’s Services. 1) Please provide details of the assessment, for those accessing support, which is undertaken by Devon County Council’s Disabled Children’s … Continue reading →

  • Procurement for Community-Based Social Care Services

    Please provide information regarding your council’s procurement methods and current preferred routes to market specifically for community-based social care services. Additionally, for each community-based service area, please provide: The current and planned future procurement routes. The criteria or process by … Continue reading →

  • Y-SMART

    I am requesting information from Y-SMART on the rough number, age range and gender split of young people (11-25) you work with in Totnes and District, if you do work with any.  We have no young people in the Totnes … Continue reading →

  • Mental Health and Behavioural Services

    Are there behaviourally intensive support services for children and young people (CYP) available within Devon County Council (DCC) or the area DCC is responsible for? No If yes, please see Section A, if not, then please see Section B. Section … Continue reading →

  • ASD and Autism Assessments

    Please can you send me a list of private providers you are using to help with the backlog in children’s ASD, Autism assessments? Devon County Council does not hold this information. NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (ICB) is responsible for … Continue reading →

  • Complex Home Care

    For clarity, adults and children receiving complex care have substantial and ongoing healthcare needs, which require additional support to manage their symptoms. These can be the result of chronic illness, disabilities or following hospital treatment. Home care refers to packages … Continue reading →