Transcript Provider Event Presentation - February 2013

Sub-Regional
Framework for Agency
Placements
North Lincolnshire Council
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Provider Event – Agenda
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Welcome & introduction
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Background
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Indicative budget
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Joint placement statistics
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Feedback from children and young people
who are, or have been in care, or attend/
have attended Special School.
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Key service requirements:
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Residential
Fostering
SEN
How the process would work
Benefits to providers
Indicative timetable
What to do next
Key contacts
Questions & answers
Background
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What we are doing:
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Implementing a formal approach to procuring
agency placements from the market place.
Will be a 3 year framework, with an option to
extend for an additional 12 months.
Once accepted onto the framework,
individual requirements will be requested
separately by East Riding and North
Lincolnshire councils.
Background Cont ..
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Why we are doing this:
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We are obligated to comply with
procurement regulations and legal
requirements.
Continue to develop working
relationships with providers to achieve
positive outcomes for children and
young people.
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Key Points:
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We only go to market if the need cannot be
met internally;
National drive, and usually in children and
young people’s best interest, for
placements to be as close to home as
possible, where appropriate;
The majority of our external placements
are within or just outside our Local
Authority area;
Indicative Budget
Annual Budget Allocation for
Agency Placements
Residential Social Care Placements
Residential SEN/Disability Placements
Independent Schools Placements
Foster Care Placements
LA TOTALS
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North
Lincolnshire
£ 641,370
£ 234,227
£ 3,667,340
£ 947,640
£ 5,490,577
East Riding
£ 1,246,000
£ 1,024,000
£ 2,526,130
£ 1,697,000
£ 6,493,130
TOTAL
BUDGET
£ 1,887,370
£ 1,258,227
£ 6,193,470
£ 2,644,640
£ 11,983,707
Please note the above information does not reflect the
actual spend.
Breakdown of Budget
Residential Social Care
Placements
16%
22%
10%
Residential SEN/Disability
Placements
Independent Schools
Placements
Foster Care Placements
52%
Joint Placement Statistics
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Residential Care
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Foster Care
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14 places within 30 miles from LA boundary
6 places more than 30 miles from LA boundary
88 places within 30 miles from LA boundary
4 places more than 30 miles from LA boundary
Special Schools
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53 in county placements
77 out of county placements
Boundary % - Residential
Within 30 Miles of
LA Boundary
70%
30%
More than 30 Miles
from LA Boundary
Boundary % - Foster Care
Within 30 Miles of
LA Boundary
96%
4%
More than 30 Miles
from LA Boundary
In/Out of County % - SEN
In County
Placements
41%
59%
Out of County
Placements
* Please note that the % breakdown on SEN
does not fall into the ’30 mile’ boundary as
measured for Residential and Foster Care.
New Placements Jan - Dec 2012
Special
Schools (26)
13
Residential
Care (13)
56
Foster
Care (56)
26
Feedback from children & young
people
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Joint CYP participation event.
Genuine and meaningful, ensuring that
CYP’s views are heard.
Views and values will be incorporated into
the service specifications.
Young people will be involved in tender
evaluations.
Residential Placements
We require providers to have:
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Good quality provision (registered with Ofsted)
Local Provision
Choice
Value for money
Trained and competent staff
Placement stability
Positive Outcomes for young people
Evidence of good practice
Adhere to Safeguarding practice and Safer
Recruitment processes
May include education
Residential Cont …
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Types of Provision Required:
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Male/Female/Mixed/Solo
Current Needs:
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Attachment Issues
Autism
Aspergers
Sexualised Behaviour
Challenging Behaviour
Therapeutic Needs
Foster Placements
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Currently we require the following type
of fostering placements:
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Emergency
Short term
Long term
Short breaks
Parent & Child placements
Assessment (potential future need)
Foster Cont …
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We require providers to have:
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Local provision
Good Quality provision – adhering to fostering
National Minimum Standards and regulations
Trained and competent foster carers
Good matching processes
Good recruitment and assessment processes
Adhere to Safeguarding practice and Safer
Recruitment processes
Value for Money
Placement stability
SEN Placements
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Relates to placements in independent/nonmaintained special school provision
Ideally aim to place pupils in day placements locally,
but due to complexity of need/distance from home,
some placements are residential
Service spec to be developed as part of this process
Placements must be able to meet needs as identified
in the Statement of SEN
Main needs in relation to SEN Placements BESD/ASC.
SEN – North Lincolnshire
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Current number of pupils placed in independent/nonmaintained sector – 74
18 pupils were placed in the last 12 months (24%)
Number of day placements – 41 (55%)
Number of residential placements – 33 (45%)
Of those in residential provision – 26 are in 38 week
provision (79%), 7 are in 52 week provision (21%)
Number of in county placements – 34 (46%)
Number in out of county placements – 40 (54%)
SEN – East Riding
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Current number of pupils placed in independent/nonmaintained sector – 56
4 pupils were placed in the last 12 months (7%)
Number of day placements – 38 (68%)
Number of residential placements – 18 (32%)
Of those in residential provision – 10 are in 38 week
provision (55%), and 8 are in 52 week provision (45%)
Number of in county placements – 19 (34%)
Number in out of county placements – 37 (66%)
How the process would work
Application to Join Framework
Submit Application
Evaluate
Applications
Joint
Process
Successful Applications
added to Framework
Individual LA Mini Competition Process
Via YORtender
North Lincolnshire
Placement Requests
East Riding
Placement Requests
NLC Criteria
Approve or Reject
ER Criteria
Approve or Reject
NLC
Award Contract
ER
Award Contract
Individual
LA
Process
Benefits to providers
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One application process for both local
authorities;
Providers on the framework will be the
first port of call for accessing
opportunities;
Open and transparent process;
Future commissioning of placements
will follow a formal process.
Indicative timetable
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April – Launch tender
May – Responses In
May to June – Evaluations
June to July – Provider interviews
(if required)
August – Approval process
September – Contract award
What to do next:
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Ensure you are registered on NLC electronic
tendering system, to download information
from today: www.yortender.co.uk
On home page, there is a link to ‘Supplier
Registration’ on left hand side.
Contract ID for this information:
YORE-94HKPF
When tender is launched, it will be a new
procurement with new contract ID.
Key Contacts
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North Lincolnshire Council:
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Residential/Fostering - Haydee Barrett – 01724 296380
[email protected]
SEN - Sheena Byron – 01724 297148
[email protected]
East Riding Council:
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Residential/Fostering – John Hunter – 01482 396495
[email protected]
SEN – Annette Benstead – 01482 392161
[email protected]
Questions & Answers