Free tools for placement teams and children's home providers
Free calculators for local authority placement teams and children's home providers — estimate the cost of a slow placement search or the revenue impact of vacant beds.
- Placement delay cost calculator - See what a slow search for a children's home placement is costing in officer time and interim care.
- Vacant bed revenue calculator - Estimate what empty beds are costing your home, and the revenue impact of closing the gap.
- Placement cost breakdown calculator - Break a headline weekly fee down into care, therapeutic input, education and social work support, and compare the split to typical ranges.
- Outcome-based placement contract template - Generate a starting framework that ties part of a placement fee to real outcomes instead of time served.
- Statement of Purpose template - Draft a Statement of Purpose covering all 22 items Schedule 1 of the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 requires.