Health and social work services

Tender description

Aberdeenshire Council requires the provision of the following Aberdeenshire-wide service to help meet the Aberdeenshire Children’s Services Plan 2017-2020. The Service will be for 0-5 years old The service aims to: — promote the health and well-being of families and develop resilience, — support parents/cares facing problems such as illness, family breakdown, bereavement, isolation etc to be able to cope effectively and to prevent crisis, — signpost parents/carers to other services where need is identified, — promote positive parenting, for example engage parents in parenting programmes as reflected within the Aberdeenshire Parenting Strategy, — provide needs led family learning opportunities, for example, through group work, — support families to develop strategies for income maximisation. The service has the following elements: — referrals will come directly from service users, early year’s settings, early year’s team and other professionals and agencies, — where appropriate, a consent form will be completed together with parent/carer to enable multi-agency information sharing, — service provider will work in partnership with the Early Years Team to share any concerns and family need(s), — the purpose of the service is to provide advice and practical help in order to prevent family crisis and breakdown. Links to legal requirements/practice guidance: — How Good Is Our Early Learning and Childcare (HGIOELC?), — Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC), — building the ambition, — pre- birth to 3, — health and social care standards, — Children and Young People's Act (Scotland), — Scottish Government “The early years framework”, — supporting children’s learning code of practice 2010, — Aberdeenshire Children’s Services Plan 2017-2020.