To seek approval from the Cabinet Member for
Children’s Safeguarding and Early Years for the re-purposing
of a Council owned property at 6-8 Barnwood Road, to provide a
registered children’s home (2 beds) and a linked on site
accommodation pod (1 bed). The provision will provide placements
for 3 children who require a period in residential care, including
the provision of integrated, intensive support services, to enable
them to progress to a familial setting, in line with their
permanence plan.
The provision at Barnwood is an integral element within the
Sufficiency Strategy Home@theHeart, and forms part of wider
programme of capital developments to be delivered over the next 2
years. Accommodation and support services for children at the
Barnwood site will be delivered by directly recruited management
and staffing, working on a pilot basis, for a period of two years.
The pilot aims to enable timely mobilisation, with the learning and
evaluation also informing the development of our placement
commissioning strategy over the longer term.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure > £500,000 and 2 Divisions affected;
Decision status: For Determination
Notice of proposed decision first published: 23/10/2023
Decision due: Between 19 Oct 2023 and 31 Dec 2023 by Cabinet Member - Children's Safeguarding and Early Years
Lead member: Cllr Stephen Davies, Cabinet Member for Children’s SafeGuarding and Early Years