Published date: 5 October 2020

Last edited date: 6 October 2020

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 13 October 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

SS2 6ER

Procurement reference

AH/0510

Published date

5 October 2020

Closing date

13 October 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council (the Council) is seeking to engage with the market to gain an understanding of the capacity and appetite to bid for the provision of Children's Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service within Southend-on-Sea.
Advocacy is about empowering children and young people to make sure that their views and wishes are heard at all times and represented in decision making processes. The Council's vision is that all children and young people in Southend feel listened to and empowered, have choice and control over their support, and have their rights upheld. Furthermore, the views put forward by children and young people should inform the development of the Council's services.
The service will provide advocacy and independent visiting services for the Council's Children and Young People in Care, Care Leavers and Children and Young People who are the subject of Child Protection conferences. It must contribute to the improvement priorities of Children's Services; improve the quality of practice so it is consistently good or better, improve the outcomes for looked after children, deliver the right services at the right time and work with children and families to shape services.
The advocacy element of the service will have contact with more children than the independent visiting element of the contract. The projected demand is for advocates to be allocated to 60 children per year and independent visitors to be allocated to 8 children per year.

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Southend-on-Sea Borough Council (the Council) is seeking to engage with the market to gain an understanding of the capacity and appetite to bid for the provision of Children's Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service within Southend-on-Sea.

The Council is currently in the process in reviewing results of undertaking a consultation to help shape the specification, and will carry out a Market Engagement event with potential Bidders prior to going out to tender to get an understanding of the market, including potential suppliers, market appetite, and the range of offerings.

The service will provide advocacy and independent visiting services for the Council's Children and Young People in Care, Care Leavers and Children and Young People who are the subject of Child Protection conferences. It must contribute to the improvement priorities of Children's Services; improve the quality of practice so it is consistently good or better, improve the outcomes for looked after children, deliver the right services at the right time and work with children and families to shape services.

Please contact aleksandrahaker@southend.gov.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Aleksandra Haker

Address

Southend Borough Council Civic Centre
Victoria Avenue
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
SS2 6EN
England

Telephone

01702 212088

Email

aleksandrahaker@southend.gov.uk