Published date: 29 October 2019
This notice was replaced on 24 February 2020
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Awarded contract (published 24 February 2020)
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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
29 October 2019
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.
About the buyer
Contact name
Tom Smith
Address
Dorset Council
South Walks House, South Walks Road
Dorchester
DT1 1UZ
England
Telephone
+44 1305224531
Tom.Smith@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
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