Residential Children’s Home Services (block bed purchase) Westmorland and Furness

Description

This Service is being commissioned to ensure that the Council has direct access to residential children’s homes placements within its local area. This will reduce the number of Cared for Children placed at a distance from their homes and local connections. When children are unable to continue to live with their family and need to be cared for by the Council, foster care is often the best option, where they can continue to live and thrive in a family environment. However, in some situations foster care may not be the right option to meet a child’s needs, and a residential children’s home is…