Published date: 28 January 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 11 February 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

  • Social work services without accommodation - 85312000

  • Guidance and counselling services - 85312300

Location of contract

WS1 1TP

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

PME3474

Published date

28 January 2019

Closing date

11 February 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Our Walsall Right 4 Children (WR4C) vision launched in September sets out our commitment to ensure that all children have the best possible start and are safe from harm, happy and learning.

Our Right 4 Children transformation programme is focusing on developing effective services to enable is to reduce the circumstances which lead to children requiring statutory intervention whether this is related to the need to protect a child, getting a child back into full-time education or preventing a child re-offending.

The current care placement market alongside existing approaches to place children in traditional care settings, away from their families doesn't not always support children and their families to be their best.

As a Local Authority we recognise that we do not have all the solutions and want to work and learn with our partners to develop sustainable and affordable support for our families.

Our approach is very much one of co-production: making a shift away from more transactional relationships, to one where we co-produce and collaborate in the spirit of mutual respect, honesty and responsiveness. We wish to involve our providers at the earliest opportunity to achieve these outcomes and do this through the development of a dynamic commissioning framework.

With this in mind we would like to invite you to a breakfast conversation on the 11th February at 9.00am at the Education Development Centre so we can start a conversation about what we could do differently and how we can develop a dynamic commissioning framework that allows us to better support our families.

The Breakfast meeting will provide an opportunity to
- Inform you of our Walsall Right 4 Children vision and programme
- Explore opportunities for partnership working
- Explore ideas around the development of a dynamic commissioning framework to support children at risk of coming into care.

Please register your attendance on Eventbrite using following link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/market-warming-breakfast-tickets-55284957797

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

David Sheldon

Address

Darwall Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 1TP
United Kingdom

Telephone

01922 658399

Email

sheldond@walsall.gov.uk

Website

https://www.walsall.gov.uk/