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Parent and Child Residential Assessment

Meeting: 05/06/2018 - Cabinet (Item 11.)

11. Parent and Child Residential Assessment pdf icon PDF 116 KB

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Decision:

Cabinet approved:

 

1.             In house specialist fostering placements for parents and their children so that their parenting can be assessed.

 

2.       An in house assessment team, including a psychologist to carry out parenting assessments.

 

3.       The procurement of residential parenting assessment providers through an open framework/dynamic purchasing system that will be available for other local authorities to join.

 

4.       Delegated authority to the Director of Children’s Services, in consultation with the Cabinet member for Women, Children and Young People, to award the contracts.