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Children in Care (CIC)
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Please could you supply the following information:
1.
a) In the most recent available 12-month period how many children do you have in care?
123 children were in care as at end of June 2023
b) Foster care:
79 children were in Foster care as at end of June 2023
c) Residential care:
15 child in residential care home as at end of June 2023
2. Of these, how many have;
a) received CAMHS intervention?
b) received third party mental health care or behavioral intervention?
c) Emotional, behavioral or psychological difficulties?
This information is not reported and will require a manual check of each file. This will exceed the remaining time of the 18 hour limit for each FOI. (section 12)
3. What was the average cost of a CIC/LAC/CLA?
Average costs of a current LAC placement is £1,019 per week
4. How much were the five most expensive placements?
Most expensive CS current weekly costs £12,963, £8,368 , £5,705, £5339, £5,273
5. What was the total cost of the CIC/LAC/CLA department broken down by;
a) agency staff?
Fcast 23/24 £195,282
b) contracted staff?
Fcast 23/24 £1,695,158
c) third parties?
Zero
6. What was the average number of placements for each child including placements with family? 1.374
