Health and social work services

Tender description

Northamptonshire County Council (NCC) (The ‘Authority’) wishes to invite expressions of interest (EOI) submissions in response to this call for competition, for the supply of services for people of all ages who are resident in Northamptonshire and who are visually impaired or blind across a range of needs, through support for individuals and group-based work and community activity. The successful potential provider(s) will be responsible for providing these services and liaising closely with the contract manager identified by the authority. The supplier shall provide a service for people of all ages who are resident in Northamptonshire and who are visually impaired or blind across a range of needs, through support for individuals and group-based work and community activity. The service provision is to cover all residents with a visual impairment within the County boundaries of Northamptonshire (as may be varied). The supplier shall be an experienced provider of social care and preventative services to people with visual impairment. They will be familiar with relevant issues and services and able to evidence commitment to user involvement. The supplier shall achieve the following authority core purposes: • ‘Helping you to help yourself’, • ‘Helping you when you can’t help yourself’. It shall also help to achieve the following key service outcomes: • people who use care services choose how best to meet their needs and outcomes; • vulnerable people are supported through safeguarding arrangements; • adult social care services are affordable and sustainable; • people can use preventative support services in local communities; • the process for assessing care needs and arranging support services is efficient; • families will have clear, transparent knowledge on what is available to them as a right; • proportionate assessment — assessment will be avoided where possible, where it is necessary it will be multi-agency and holistic.