Project Initiation Document
| Workstream | Childrens Services | PID Reference | SWCoE 0028A |
| Funding detail | £18k | Cex Champion | |
| Project Manager | Brian Grady (Devon) | Project Leader | |
| Benefits | £537k to date | Authorities | Devon, Cornwall, Torbay, Plymouth, Somerset |
Project Objectives and Scope
To achieve better outcomes for Children & Young People and to deliver efficiency savings by rolling out the Devon placement tendering process to Cornwall and Torbay and to Plymouth and Somerset. The process consists of establishing a pre-qualified list of providers by competitive tender and then tendering each individual placement against a needs and outcomes statement. The pre-qualified list is held by Devon but individual authorities tender the placements.
Project Status
Devon now have over a year of making all looked after children placements and a few education placements using the process. Torbay have six months experience giving a total of over 70 placements made. Cornwall have piloted the process and Somerset and Plymouth are following on close behind.
Project Output
Cashable benefits of £537k in 2006/7. Initial indications that placement stability has improved.
A seminar on the process held on 23/4/2007 for authorities in the rest of the region and elsewhere. Seminar documents below
Devon Process Notes
The Change Process in the Peninsula
Tendering Individual Placements
A case study produced for DfES by Price Waterhouse, “South West Better Placement Commissioning Case Study”
