Published date: 27 November 2020

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


Closing: 7 June 2020, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£36,000

Procurement reference

tender_250459/898900

Published date

27 November 2020

Closing date

7 June 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

26 October 2020

Contract end date

25 June 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Adviser will support the authority in continuing to develop and implement robust, realistic and achievable plans to improve its children's social care services, in particular those areas which have been judged by Ofsted to be inadequate or where serious concerns have been identified. This needs to take account of and build on the year and a half of improvement work that Blackpool has already undertaken. In particular he will:
Provide effective oversight to ensure the pace of improvement is appropriate and that improvements to children's social care are sustainable;
Provide support and advice as necessary when assessing and driving progress, taking account of the weaknesses identified by Ofsted and of other diagnostic work that has taken place since;
Building on the improvement work already underway and the relationships established, apply his/her expertise and experience to support the DCS and service management team in addressing areas of weakness; this may also include working with practitioners of different levels to:
Develop competence and improve performance through the embedding of the Blackpool Families Rock practice model and improving quality of case recording;
Supporting managers in their use of data and intelligence to drive activity and improve management oversight;
Supporting the development of the managerial group;
Provide input into the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) programme, looking at the quality of teaching;
Supporting improvement in practice during pre-proceedings activity to reduce drift and delay; and
Help foster a culture of reflection, challenge and support;
Make use of wider contacts to support and advise the council on potential solutions to issues and signpost examples of good practice where possible;
Provide support and challenge to Children's Partnership Board and Pan-Lancashire Safeguarding arrangements; assisting in the determination of their effectiveness;
Work closely with any other local authority improvement partners to maximise impact of work and avoid unnecessary duplication;
Engage with the wider partnership including working with the chair of the Improvement Board.

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Award information

Awarded date

26 October 2020

Contract start date

26 October 2020

Contract end date

25 June 2022

Total value of contract

£36,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Alastair Gibbons

Address

< Redacted >

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

Bev.Wilson@education.gov.uk