(a)  the commissioning intentions (see paragraphs 9-10) for Herefordshire intensive placement support service (HIPSS) and therapeutic intervention support service (TISS) are approved;

(b)  the Interim Director for Children’s Wellbeing (or the substantive director for Children’s Wellbeing once appointed) be authorised to take all necessary operational decisions to implement the above recommendation, including award of contracts to a maximum value of £2.5m for up to five years, effective from 1 April 2018; and

(c)  The sufficiency of specialist in-house foster carers, who accommodate and support HIPSS children, is monitored alongside the future HIPSS / TISS contract, to be awarded to an external provider