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Question

Re: Regarding the commissioning and placement of Looked After Children aged under 16 into residential homes from your local authority: 1. Name, direct email address, and direct dial contact number for the manager responsible for placements of Looked After Children into residential homes. 2. General generic departmental email address used specifically for receiving communication with providers for referrals to source placements of Looked After Children aged under 16. 3. Does your local authority currently use a specific framework for residential placements for Looked After Children aged under 16? If yes, please provide the framework's name and the email address or precise details of whom to contact for information on joining this framework. 4. Does your local authority make direct placements with residential providers, or are placements exclusively commissioned through a framework or placement portal? If exclusively via a framework or portal, please specify which one is used? 5. How many children under 17 years old (inclusive) are currently placed in Ofsted residential children’s homes by the local authority on spot purchase arrangements?

Answer

1. Name, direct email address, and direct dial contact number for the manager responsible for placements of Looked After Children into residential homes. Tracey Welch, child.protection@merthyr.gov.uk, 01685 725000 2. General generic departmental email address used specifically for receiving communication with providers for referrals to source placements of Looked After Children aged under 16. child.protection@merthyr.gov.uk 3. Does your local authority currently use a specific framework for residential placements for Looked After Children aged under 16? If yes, please provide the framework's name and the email address or precise details of whom to contact for information on joining this framework. Yes, CCSR- 4Cs 4Cs@rctcbc.gov.uk 4. Does your local authority make direct placements with residential providers, or are placements exclusively commissioned through a framework or placement portal? If exclusively via a framework or portal, please specify which one is used? CCSR- 4Cs 5. How many children under 17 years old (inclusive) are currently placed in Ofsted residential children’s homes by the local authority on spot purchase arrangements? Ofsted operates in England, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is a local authority located in Wales, we do not have any children placed an English setting.