Social work and related services

Tender description

Tenders are invited for the supply of services in respect of the Children's Rights Service. The successful supplier will be responsible for providing this service, liaising closely with the Council's Nominated Manager and Commissioning Manager. The Children's Rights service delivers some key statutory responsibilities for the Council as part of its Corporate Parenting duty, including a statutory duty to provide an advocacy service to its Looked After Children cohort. The services required will be: — Advocacy Children in Care and care leavers, including disabled children and young people in receipt of short breaks as per regulation 48 (Care Planning Regs 2010). — Independent Visitors to support Children in Care. — Independent Advocacy for child protection conferences and meetings in relation to young people who abuse others. Tenders are invited for the supply of services in respect of the Children's Rights Service. The successful supplier will be responsible for providing this service, liaising closely with the Council's Nominated Manager and Commissioning Manager. The Children's Rights service delivers some key statutory responsibilities for the Council as part of its Corporate Parenting duty, including a statutory duty to provide an advocacy service to its Looked After Children cohort. The services required will be: — Advocacy Children in Care and care leavers, including disabled children and young people in receipt of short breaks as per regulation 48 (Care Planning Regs 2010). — Independent Visitors to support Children in Care. — Independent Advocacy for child protection conferences and meetings in relation to young people who abuse others. Tenderers must be able to demonstrate a recent and proven track record of success in providing the range of service elements called for in the specification. The outcomes for the Service are as below: — all children in care who need one have access to an Independent Visitor, with priority given to vulnerable children and young people who have little or no contact with a family member and live more than 20 miles from Derby; — an improvement in the involvement of children and young people in child protection conferences & ACYP meetings and development of safeguarding plans which reflect the perspective of young people; — an increase in the number of young people supported to raise concerns about their placement and short break experience; using the information to inform service improvement and development; — dealing with complaints at an earlier stage to respond to issues promptly, supporting placement quality and stability; — a strengthening of the CIC Council as a mechanism to work with, and reflect the views of all CIC, linking closely with Corporate Parenting and wider participation activity within the Council. This tender is being managed electronically, to obtain documents please go to www.sourcederbyshire.co.uk and look for the contract advert under ‘latest or live contracts’. Then click on the link at the bottom right of the advert ‘Apply online’ to take you to our e-tendering system. There you will be able to register your details and request the documents. This is done by:- — Registering with East Midlands Tenders, if not already registered; OR If already registered; — Click on ‘view opportunities’; — Find the tender that you are interested in; — Click on the title hyperlink; — Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on ‘login and register interest’; — Once you have registered your interest the tender will be moved to, and can be found on, the ‘My Opportunities’ page on the EastMidsTenders page once you are logged in. You will be able to view and download the documents for completion, along with instructions on how to make a submission.