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Birmingham City Council has announced that young people in Birmingham have helped decide who will run their children’s homes, after the council awarded a contract to Priory Group, a leading provider of behavioural care in the UK.

Priory Group will run five residential children’s homes in Birmingham, following a competitive bid process. The contract is for the provision of 30 beds across five homes and will commence in April 2016.

Priory will provide all aspects of care for looked after children from Birmingham for a period of up to ten years across five children’s homes.

Priory is already Priory working in Birmingham, including working on the Forward Thinking Birmingham partnership, led by Birmingham Children’s Hospital – which aims to transform the provision of mental healthcare in the city for children and young adults up to the age of 25.

Cabinet member for children’s services, Councillor Brigid Jones, said:

“Young people at children’s homes in the city were involved in the process of deciding who would run their homes – and they did a fantastic job, asking difficult questions of potential providers.

“Priory Education Services was their choice and one we agree with.

“Our absolute priority is that our young people have the best possible childhood, which is why we made the decision to bring in a specialist agency to run our homes.”

Chief Executive of the Priory Group, Tom Riall, said:

“Priory is unique in offering the largest network of mental health and specialist education services for young people in need of expert care and support across the UK.

“This new contract will allow us to better support young people in Birmingham, building on our existing partnership with local hospitals to transform the lives of young people across the city.”

Priory Group is a leading provider of behavioural healthcare services in the UK and its aim is to make “a real and lasting difference” for all those under its care, with four divisions offering healthcare, education and children’s services, adult care and older people services.

Priory currently provides support to more than 30,000 people annually in more than 300 facilities across the UK.
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