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Commissioning for Prevention

Provider North Lincolnshire Council
Topics Joint planning and commissioning
Type Emerging practice
Date March 2007
Region Yorkshire & The Humber

This case study describes now North Lincolnshire Council has integrated field staff from multi-disciplinary agencies to provide a focus on preventative services. 

The case explains how service design has required collaborative and strategic thinking, based on evidence. It also looks at the importance of commitment to change by all staff, and in promoting the right messages.

Outcomes include:

  • Increased focus on prevention, early intervention and support for families

  • Offending among looked-after children has reduced from 6.6% in 2005 to 2.8% in 2006

  • Placement stability and permanence for looked-after children is up from 44% in 2005 to 56% in 2006

  • Re-registrations on the Child Protection Register have dropped from 18% in 2005 to 11.5% in 2006

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