Health and social work services

Tender description

The Level of Service: — The Children's Rights and Return Interviews for Missing Children Service is aimed at Children and Young people who are known to the Local Authority and will include Children Looked after, Children with a Child Protection plan, Children in Need and Children known to targeted family services — referred to as the service; — The service is a requirement for Local Authorities under the 1989 Children's Act (Section 24); — The successful supplier will need to deliver the service in accordance with the National Standards for the Provision of Children's Advocacy Services and best practice, and will include an Independent Visitors service; — The standards are informed by Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the Human Rights Act 1998; — In line with the ‘Statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care’ (January 2014). The successful supplier will need to provide both fully trained Independent Return Interviewers and Advocates to meet with children and young people within 72 hours of their return.