Health and social work services

Tender description

Essex County Council has undertaken a procurement process for the delivery of an All Age Advocacy service across Essex. This contract will seek to deliver advocacy services to all eligible people within Essex, across both the Children and Young People and Adult categories. The procurement will identify a lead provider that will be responsible for the co-ordination, management, and delivery of all statutory and non-statutory advocacy services required under the contract. ECC has undertaken a procurement and appointed a lead provider to be responsible for the coordination, management, and delivery of an All Age Advocacy service across Essex. This service will include delivery of all ECC's statutory and non-statutory Advocacy requirements for Adults and Children and Families categories, and non-statutory advocacy for young people with mental health needs for Mid and West CCGs with whom ECC is jointly commissioning this service. The provider is expected to develop other advocacy services such as self, peer, and citizen advocacy across Essex to support delivery and improve outcomes. The contract will operate on a managed budget basis with the lead provider being awarded the budget. The lead provider will ensure that all services are managed and delivered within this financial envelope.