Decision - Supported Accommodation for Young People Placements

RESOLVED: That the Committee –

      i.         Agreed to extend the Supported Accommodation for Young People hybrid framework for a further period of 2 years from 1 July 2023 to

          30 June 2025.

     ii.         Delegated authority to the Executive Director of Families, Children & Learning to:

(1) take all necessary steps to extend the hybrid framework and to

          reopen it to operators in the new year, and

          (2) to procure and award call off contracts and individual placement     agreements from the hybrid framework.

    iii.         Agreed that a progress report come before the Children, Young People & Skills Committee in Autumn 2024 providing information on how effectively the Joint Hybrid Framework has been in providing more supported accommodation for young people placements in the period July 2023-24 and a costing of the Framework.