Published date: 12 April 2024

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


Closing: 29 March 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work services - 85310000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£21,600

Procurement reference

tender_375763/1339105

Published date

12 April 2024

Closing date

29 March 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

A contractor will be expected to :

- provide valuable expertise to advise, challenge and support at risk or poor performing local areas/local area partnerships in continuing to develop and implement robust and achievable plans to improve its SEND and AP services.
- provide advice and support to ensure the pace of improvement is appropriate and that improvements to the SEND and AP system are sustainable;
- ensure plans remain focused on outcomes for children and young people with SEND and inform the quality of the service in readiness for the next Ofsted inspection.
- provide support and advice as necessary when assessing and driving progress, taking account of the weaknesses identified by Ofsted and of other diagnostic work (including DfE Vulnerable Children's Unit (VCU) assessments);
- apply expertise and experience to support the local area/local area partnership's senior leadership and SEND management team in addressing areas of weakness; this will include working with practitioners of different levels to develop competence and improve performance, and help foster a culture of reflection, challenge and support.
- make use of wider partners to support and advise the local area/local area partnership on potential solutions to issues and signpost examples of good practice where possible;
- engage at both strategic and operational level
- contribute to the department's formal reviews of the local area/local area partnership's progress and make a recommendation to VCU on whether progress has been sufficient;
- provide regular written reports to the department on the local area/local area partnership's progress to VCU, and more frequently if the pace of progress is not sufficient.
- have an awareness of the proposed SEND/AP system and Children's Social Care reforms including the Change Programme and work closely with relevant colleagues in supporting and challenging local areas/local area partnerships.
- develop working relationships with Health partners where this helps achieve the objectives set out in the contract.

More information

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

2 April 2024

Contract start date

2 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£21,600

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Cath Hitchen Consultancy

Address

86 Grange Drive, Hoghton, Preston, Lancs, PR5 0LP

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Bld, Great Smith Stret
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

rg.commercial@edcuaction.gov.uk