Please provide information about the numbers and cost of placements for 16 and 17 year old looked after children in your local authority. Can you please answer the following questions: 1) How many 16 and 17 year old looked after … Continue reading
Children's Social Care
Statutory child protection, children in need, adoption and fostering services
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Mental Health Services/Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
For the last 12 month period, please provide: 1. Number of referrals to mental health services/CAMHS Devon Council does not hold this information. 2. Number of referrals to Autistic services and awaiting assessment Autism / ADHD Team = 295 Referrals. … Continue reading
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Looked After Children
1. How many looked after children (LAC) were identified as having a British citizenship, each calendar year between January 2020 – December 2022 inclusive? 2020 2021 2022 1002 1017 1025 2. How many LAC were identified as having a non-British … Continue reading
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Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
1. From 1 January 2018 to 1 April 2023, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) have been in the care of Devon County Council (DCC)? From December 2022 to 1st April 2023 – 35. DCC do not hold any … Continue reading
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Statistics in relation to support provided under the local offer to care leavers
1. How much funding was allocated by the Council for the Higher Education bursary for the 2017/18, 2019/20 and 2021/22 academic years respectively? (By Higher Education bursary we mean the relevant amount referred to in s23C(5A) Children Act 1989). (a) … Continue reading
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Independent Fostering Agencies (IFAs) referral form
Please provide a Blank/Template Copy of your document / referral form sent to Independent Fostering Agencies (IFAs) by the children services commissioning team as part of conducting placement searches for a Looked After Child As of the date this FOI … Continue reading
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Family Group Conference
1. Does Devon County Council hold Family Group Conferences, or similar meetings as a standard part of your process? Yes. The meetings are called family group conferences. 2. Do you provide this service internally? Yes. 3. On average, how many … Continue reading
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Unregulated Accomodation
1. On how many separate occasions has Devon County Council housed looked after children (under the age of 16) in short term, emergency, unregulated accommodation? 110. Please note, this is the number of occasions children were living in unregulated accommodation types, … Continue reading
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Children’s Centres contract
Please provide a list of all bidders that submitted tenders for the Devon Children’s Centres contract commissioned in 2017, which commenced on 1 April 2018 The bidding process is confidential and all entries are made with an expectation of confidentiality. … Continue reading
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Childrens Occupational Therapy
1. For the financial years (FY) 21/22 and 22/23, what was the average timeframe from referral to assessment by an occupational therapist? FY 21/22 – 14 weeks (mean) FY22/23 – 15weeks (mean) Devon County Council hold data that captures the … Continue reading