Grant-Funding Programme Open – Community Short Breaks for Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities

Tender description

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) is proposing to establish a range of provision to deliver community short breaks for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The Council is proposing to commission, via a grant funding programme, a range of providers that can collectively deliver a diverse community short breaks offer based on what families and young people have told us they need. Provision will commence on 1 October 2026. The Council is looking to commission two tiers of support to be delivered as part of community short breaks provision: • Tier 1 Specialist support – 1:1 staff to child ratio for young people with complex SEND and/or behavioural needs. Personal care and/or support with medication may be required. Nursing support may be required to support children and young people with more complex medical needs within some tier 1 community short breaks provision. • Tier 2 Targeted support – Standard offer of 1:3 or lower (1:4, 1:5+ etc) staff to child ratio, with the ability for some providers to offer 1:2 support where appropriate. Tier 2 support is for children and young people that do not need specialist support of tier 1 but are unable to access universal/mainstream provision. Both tiers of support need to be delivered as activity-based group sessions. If your organisation wishes to apply and seek further information, please contact childrenscommissioning@barnsley.gov.uk to request an application pack. Please note, no applications will be accepted via the YORtender portal. This advert is being used to advertise the opportunity only. All applications must be made by contacting the above email address. The deadline to submit applications is Friday 22nd May at 12 noon, with a deadline to submit all clarifications to the above email address by Friday 15th May.