Health and social work services

Tender description

Background. Kent County Council (the council) is the largest county council in England covering an area of 3 500 square kilometres. It has an annual expenditure of over 900 000 000 GBP on goods and services and a population of 1.3m. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 289 parish/town councils. Opportunity. Kent County Council sought tenders from suitably experienced contractors who could deliver Youth Services across the following lots which cover 12 service deliver points across Kent based on district/borough council areas. 1. Ashford. 2. Canterbury. 3. Dartford. 4. Dover. 5. Gravesham. 6. Maidstone. 7. Sevenoaks. 8. Shepway. 9. Swale. 10. Thanet. 11. Tonbridge & Malling. 12. Tunbridge Wells. The service will focus on raising the aspirations of all children and young people aged 8 — 25, with emphasis on working with children and young people aged between 8-12 and 13-19 year olds. The service will also support young people aged up to 24 with learning difficulties and or disabilities to achieve their potential. The service includes signposting young people from Early Help and Preventative Services (EHPS) to external open access youth services, with the requirement that an initial response is made to the Youth Hub Delivery Manager within 48 hours of a request being made. Contractors will be expected to co-ordinate the service with the Council's (EHPS) through the Youth Hub Delivery Manager as well as support young people who are NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training).Contractor(s) will be required to demonstrate that street-based youth work activities are intelligence led, offer abroad curriculum, engage with the local community and are aligned to the principles of community development work. In order to achieve this target, co-ordination with the Youth Hub Delivery Manager and Crime Safety Unit is expected.