Child daycare services

Tender description

2.3 The Council wishes to procure a contract to support the Council in the delivery of 0-19 Early Help locality Children's model including Centre services in South and Central Walsall, in accordance with current national and local policy and statutory requirements including: — Walsall's Early Help Strategy. — Walsall's School Ready Strategy. — Statutory guidance for Children's Centres (including the objectives specified). — Walsall's Children and Young People's Plan. — Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. — Health and Well-being Strategy. — Children's Services priorities and plan. — Teenage Pregnancy Programme and Infant Mortality Strategy. Following a period of statutory consultation, the Council has redesigned the way Children's Centre Services are delivered into ‘Whole Family 0-19 Locality’ arrangements, targeting those families most in need through a whole family approach. 0 -19 Family Support Provision — Effective family support provision is critical to the delivery of Walsall's Early Help Strategy — Appendix 1. This strategy prioritises the development of co-located multi disciplinary teams to ensure effective communication and early identification and work with Walsall's most vulnerable/complex families to secure sustainable outcomes. Walsall's family support provision will provide activity and guidance to help families to build protective factors that strengthen resilience and lead to improved sustainable outcomes. Family support will be available at four levels Borough wide. Families are likely to move between levels of Family support and at some times may be in receipt of more than one level of family support: — Level 1 — Family support will be universal delivered through universal services such as family information, schools, Early Years provision, Children's centre and health visiting. — Levels 2 and 3 will be targeted support aimed at preventing the need for specialist provision or helping families to make full use of universal provision. — Level 4 — Provision will be specialist/statutory support provided through Social care as the lead agencies This tender relates to level 2 - 4 levels of family support which will be delivered across 0-19 Family Support. The commissioners will work with the provider(s) to manage the allocation of overall Capacity. The 0-19 Family Support provision will include the delivery of lead professional role, parenting programmes, child development interventions including targeted stay and play, one to one and group workshops support anger, managing behaviour, employability and internet safety, support families to mitigate the impact of divorce, positive activities for young carers, support with routine and boundaries, advice and help in accessing specialist support on alcohol, mental health and domestic abuse were amongst the preferred services as part of the 0 - 19 Early Help delivery The provider will expect to deliver the Family Support 0 - 19 service to the South and Central area of Walsall as described in the objectives and service.