Published date: 24 February 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 27 November 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work services without accommodation - 85312000

  • Social services - 85320000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£260,000

Procurement reference

DORST001-DN442052-83187312

Published date

24 February 2020

Closing date

27 November 2019

Contract start date

1 May 2020

Contract end date

30 April 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

Title of Tender Opportunity: Family Link Workers

Project Scope:

The Family Link Worker Service

Dorset Council is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Provider to deliver a Family Link Worker service across the Dorset Council area and who is committed to working in partnership with the local authority to continue the transformation of local public sector service delivery that embraces the concept that early help is everybody's responsibility and that all services take a whole family approach in supporting families with multiple and complex needs. The service needs to be effective and efficient in terms of both service delivery and management.

The service may be provided to a family as a whole or to specific members of that family, as part of a whole family plan. These families will generally have the most intensive and complex needs.

Family Link Workers - Definition

Family Link Workers are one element of a graduated service delivery model. At the request of a Lead Professional a Family Link Worker will provide short-term, intensive, hands on support, assistance, direction and information to eligible families who need the most intensive level of support. (A Family Link Worker's piece of work will contribute to the Lead Professional's family action or delivery plan - it will not be a stand-alone piece of work.)

Family Link Workers - Purpose

The purpose of using a Family Link Worker is to engender the family's independence, improved functioning and resilience as well as that of individual family members. The intervention of a Family Link Worker needs to contribute to at least one of the outcomes that Dorset wants to see for its residents.

Family Link Workers' agreed pieces of work need to either directly deliver or contribute to the achievement of outcomes for whole families; the individuals or groupings within a family they are allocated to.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Family Link Workers

  • Opportunity
  • Published 29 October 2019


Award information

Awarded date

24 February 2020

Contract start date

1 May 2020

Contract end date

30 April 2021

Total value of contract

£128,700

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Dorset Youth Association

Address

dt1 1ql

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes


About the buyer

Contact name

Tom Smith

Address

Dorset Council
South Walks House, South Walks Road
Dorchester
DT1 1UZ
England

Telephone

+44 1305224531

Email

Tom.Smith@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

Website

https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk