Notice Information
Notice Title
Children's Social Care Safeguarding Support Project: Child Protection and Court Teams
Notice Description
Herefordshire County Council is seeking to procure a service provider to deliver and oversee the provision of 4x managed children's social care teams to support the Child Protection (CP) and Court Service. Each team to include: i. 6xFTE Qualified Social Workers (QSW) * Minimum of 4 years PQ Experience with relevant statutory experience * Flexibility around working from home/office but minimum requirements of face to face visits for all children and families * Inclusive of accommodation costs ii. 1xFTE Team Manager (TM) * Minimum of 8 years PQ Experience * Minimum of 5 years TM experience * Inclusive of accommodation costs Delivery will commence from 28 November 2022 to 31 March 2023, with potential extension for up to March 2024. The service will provide a seamless transition from the existing commissioned teams to avoid any unnecessary disruption to the children being supported by the Council. The requirement of the CP & Court Teams is to ensure that plans are reviewed on a regular basis. Plans are to be progressed without undue delay always ensuring that the children and their families are kept informed and that their voice is captured and recorded. Plans need to be SMART and proportionate All teams are to ensure that relevant safeguarding procedures are followed without delay (e.g. strategy meetings, s47 enquires, chronologies and case summaries etc) where appropriate. Visits need to be in person, within timescale and purposeful, direct work is expected to inform the assessment or the progression of plans. It is anticipated that this proposal will provide the service with stable teams who will provide additional capacity to support our ongoing improvement work Herefordshire Council's children services have recently been rated as inadequate by Ofsted, the full report is available here. This contract will form one aspect of the Council's improvement plan.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9b27133c-e69c-4a58-8ce2-e41f4fc91bf4
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c79e3d37-d3f8-4a73-889c-52c11e5a3943
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planned Procurement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Not specified
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
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- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Sep 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 10 Oct 2022Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 28 Nov 2022 - 31 Mar 2023 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Karilyn Secker
- Contact Email
- karilyn.secker@herefordshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1432261994
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HEREFORD
- Postcode
- HR4 0LE
- Post Town
- Hereford
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG11 Herefordshire, County of
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
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- Local Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Electoral Ward
- Widemarsh
- Westminster Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c79e3d37-d3f8-4a73-889c-52c11e5a3943
30th September 2022 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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