Update on NRS Contract
Verbal Update.
Minutes:
NOTED the verbal update given by the AD Safeguarding on the NRS Contract. AD Safeguarding advised that the contract with NRS finished some time ago but that NRS were still recruiting foster carers for the Council. NRS were currently being paid an agreed fee for each completed assessment that went through to the panel. The Committee noted that there was a programme of work being undertaken through surveys and also through Commissioning to look at the different models and costings to see whether the Council should go out to the market again or potentially bring the recruitment back in house. In response to a question on the likely timescales, the Service Manager for Adoption and Fostering advised that there was a meeting with NRS on 19th April. However, the service had to continue using NRS in the interim in order to ensure that there was capacity to undertake assessments which would continue for at least six months.
The Head of Service, Children in Care and Placements to bring a report to the next CPAC meeting to update the committee on foster carer recruitment and future models of provision.
Action: Dominic Porter-Moore