Health and social work services

Tender description

The social care (self-directed support) Scotland Act places a duty on local authority social work departments to offer people who are eligible for social care, a range of choices over how they receive their social care and support. This contract involves option 2: funding is allocated to a provider of choice and option 3: the Council can select and arrange appropriate support on behalf of the eligible person and option 4 where applicable. We will be implementing an open and flexible framework for providers of support to disabled children and their families. These may include but are not limited to weekly clubs, sports groups or befriending either within specialist provision or in community based activities, for example. These may include but are not limited to group and/or one to one work with children or families, counselling, mediation and services to promote good mental well being, for example. These may include but are not limited to support with personal care within the home, assistance to the family such as a cleaner, sitting services, for example. These may include but are not limited to skills based groups such as cooking and handling money, one to one training, travel training, for example. Anything else which the family request or any other types of support which does not fall into the categories above. These may include but are not limited to daytime, overnight or longer breaks for families or individuals, for example.