Children's Commissioning

  • Domestic Abuse Training

    1. Has Devon County Council Children’s Services department arranged for its social care staff to attend domestic abuse training on The Safe & Together Model? (As set out in the BASW England: Domestic Abuse Guidance for social workers April 2021). … Continue reading →

  • Commissioning Framework

    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 … Continue reading →

  • Social Care Commissioning

    Please provide names and contact details for commissioners for social care services for the following: * Substance abuse and alcohol misuse health.publichealthcontracting-mailbox@devon.gov.uk * Mental health difficulties childrenscommissioningsecure-mailbox@devon.gov.uk * Neurodevelopmental difficulties childrenscommissioningsecure-mailbox@devon.gov.uk * Learning difficulties childrenscommissioningsecure-mailbox@devon.gov.uk * Care leavers childrenscommissioningsecure-mailbox@devon.gov.uk * … Continue reading →

  • Childcare providers

    Did Devon County give Free Government Childcare funding to for 2,3 and 4 year old and which Ofsted registered inadequate settings did they not from June 2019 to date? We can confirm that, in the case of all settings, when … Continue reading →

  • Senior Finance Officers

    Please can you provide the name, direct telephone number and email address for the following senior management positions responsible for Social Care Finance and Commissioning Services: 1. Head of Finance for Children’s Services: This would be the individual responsible for … Continue reading →

  • Post Ofsted action plans

    My request is how many childcare settings within Devon have conducted a Post Ofsted Action Plan (POAP) in the last 3 years and the name of each setting. 28 childcare settings have conducted a Post Ofsted Action Plan in the … Continue reading →

  • Children and Family Centres

    1) How many children used children’s centres, family hubs, and children and family centres in your local authority, in each of the following financial years? If you record both face-to-face and digital reach, please specify the figures for each separately … Continue reading →

  • Foster Care Provisions

    1. How does the Local Authority commission or contract for the provision of foster care? Please provide detail of the structure of that facility those arrangements Devon County Council (DCC) form part of the Peninsula Commissioning & Procurement Partnership. This … Continue reading →