Other community, social and personal services

Tender description

Short breaks are services that local authorities have a statutory duty to provide to assist parents and others who provide care for disabled children and young people. This enables parents and carers to continue to care for their children or do this more effectively. Short breaks not only provide a break for parents and carers, but can also lead to a better quality of care being provided. This results in better outcomes not only for the disabled child, but for the whole family. This includes reduced family breakdown and reduced likelihood of requests for residential school provision. The provision of short breaks also supports the Council's approach to meeting the needs of children with complex needs and reducing the need for high cost out of borough placements. The contract is divided into 2 lots. Lot 1 Group Based Short Breaks: — Family support service/ Key-worker service. — Home based learning service. — Holiday activities for siblings. Outreach Short Breaks — 1:1 Home based short breaks support workers. — 1:1 Home-based short breaks specialist behaviour management workers. — After school, weekend and holiday activities/clubs. — Overnight weekend fun camps. — Sleepover. — Advocacy service. — Buddying/befriending service. — Transition programme. — Saturday youth club.