Purpose

To seek approval for the procurement of a new
contract for the provision of a Children’s Approved Providers
List .

Decision

To implement an Approved Provider List for
Disabled Children and to be used within Children and Family
Services

Reasons for the decision

The Approved Providers List presents further
opportunities for scrutiny and quality assurance through robust
screening and qualitative commissioning thus mitigating risk and
allowing the authority to stipulate clear expectations and outcomes
that can be monitored and measured