Published date: 18 December 2024

This notice was replaced on 18 December 2024

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 21 February 2025, last edited 21 February 2025)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Welfare services for children and young people - 85311300

  • Social services - 85320000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

England

Procurement reference

EMPWELL001-DN756675-47390153

Published date

18 December 2024

Closing date

18 March 2025

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Council has launched a new Living Well Rutland Service that combines its library, health, wellbeing, and adult learning services into one. The Family Hub, which is part of Living Well Rutland, provides high quality play and learning sessions for children from vulnerable Rutland families alongside a programme of parenting support for adults.

As the Council develops its Living Well Rutland offer, the family hub element will provide a more focused offer for families identified as needing extra support. This requires an understanding of their needs, how to engage them and flexibility in the delivery of services.

Family hubs hold relationships at the heart of service delivery. The ability to listen well and listen carefully to families, be curious about a child's life within a family and understand the 'world' of not only the child but the parent too is essential. This will generate the greatest positive impact. If we can understand, we can support effectively and in a timely fashion. To do this we need consistency of delivery, quality, and staff. Children and their families need the opportunity to build trusted relationships to talk about support they may need.

Rutland County Council (the Council) is undertaking a soft market testing exercise, with the aim of providing information to and requesting feedback from the market, on its proposed model for delivery of Family Hub Services.

About the buyer

Contact name

Jyoti Mistry

Address

Welland Procurement Unit
c/o Melton Borough Council
Melton Mowbray
LE13 1GH
England

Email

jmistry@melton.gov.uk

Website

https://www.rutland.gov.uk/