Engagement Event & Feedback Request - Children and Adult Advocacy Services for Oxfordshire

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Oxfordshire County Council has a statutory responsibility for the delivery of advocacy (and independent visiting for children) services for both children and adults. The existing services being delivered are highly valued and considered to be effective in terms of the support they provide. Children’s advocacy services are currently delivered in-house through the VIVA team, and Adults advocacy services are delivered through an external contract which is coming to the end of its natural term. Therefore, the authority needs to recommission its future advocacy services and intends to combine both the children and adults’ elements in to one tendered contract, with two lots. This should ensure services are more closely aligned to improve clarity around eligibility and referral processes and provide a better experience for service users. As we will need to re-write our specification to reflect some of our new requirements, we are inviting advocacy providers to comment on the draft specifications, and to share any views and suggestions which may be helpful to the process. This is an invitation to a pre-procurement engagement event, and the opportunity to influence the specifications for future services. Keywords: advocacy