Published date: 22 October 2021
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Contract summary
Industry
Social work and related services - 85300000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£108,000 to £194,400
Procurement reference
tender_281549/1006463
Published date
22 October 2021
Closing date
22 November 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
3 January 2022
Contract end date
31 March 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Strong and effective multi-agency safeguarding arrangements sit at the heart of cross-government efforts to ensure the best outcomes for all children and families.
The Department for Education is inviting bids for the role of a "National child safeguarding facilitator (local government focus)". The Department is looking for an individual who understands and has experience of the workings of local government and in particular multi-agency safeguarding for children at a senior level, to work in partnership with national facilitators for police and health in supporting and challenging local safeguarding children's partnerships.
The individual will be required to support the local government response to the safeguarding partners reform work and the development of existing national policy to improve safeguarding outcomes for children and young people.
This will include, but is not limited to:
- Identifying and assessing emerging issues and threats within local multi-agency safeguarding partnerships and developing plans to address these in partnership with other national facilitators.
- Liaising with all local safeguarding partnerships in England and engage relevant safeguarding leads in local government to promote effective arrangements, to map and share best practice.
- Providing appropriate peer review and challenge to support development of robust local arrangements.
Relevant safeguarding experience within a multi-disciplinary team along with knowledge and understanding of children's social care practice including guidance, appropriate legislation and issues relevant to children particularly the Children and Social Work Act 2017 is essential.
We anticipate this will be for 15-month service contract with an option to extend for 12 months at an approximate total contract cost of £194,400
The Department will be holding a market engagement event on 2nd November 2021 10:00 - 11:00. If you wish to attend the market engagement event please message the Department through Jaggaer to register. The event will be held via Microsoft Teams. The presentation slides will be made available on Jaggaer after the event
The opportunity is available on our electronic tendering system: https://education.app.jaggaer.com
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
National child safeguarding facilitator role (Local Government focus)
- Early engagement
- Published 30 July 2021
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