Children's Residential Assessment Unit

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<p>Medway Council is proposing to procure a Children&rsquo;s Residential Assessment Unit for 14 to 17 year olds. The aim of the Assessment Unit is to ensure that a young person&rsquo;s chances of returning to the care of their family are maximised, or where this is not possible, to undertake holistic assessment of the young person&rsquo;s needs to engage the correct follow-on support. The Unit will be supported by an Outreach Team. The Council is proposing to commission a provider to undertake two projects with us. The procurement will be managed through a Competitive Dialogue process. - Project 1 &ndash; Unit 1: to set up and deliver as soon as practicable, a four-bed assessment unit children&rsquo;s home from the site of the Old Vicarage in Upnor previously a children&rsquo;s home. The provider will be experienced in running a children&rsquo;s home, registering and maintaining an Ofsted registration and working with complex young people. The provider will provide short term residential assessment placements underpinned by an evidence-based methodology and supported by an outreach team. - Project 2 &ndash; Future Units: the provider will also work with the Council to scope out and establish two other four-bed assessment units to be delivered with a more specific eligibility than Unit 1 and from different sites. The data gathered during Project 1 will inform the specific nature of the two future units to be established.</p> <p>Prospective providers must initially complete a selection questionnaire (SQ) which can be downloaded from the Kent Business Portal.</p> Keywords: care, residential, children, assessment, young