Notice Information
Notice Title
Children's Rights, Advocacy and Independent Visitors Services
Notice Description
Children's Rights and Advocacy - Objective: To provide information, advice and support to looked after children in order to make their views known to people making decisions about their care. Children's Rights staff should help Cared for Children to speak for themselves or represent their views depending on the preferences and abilities of the child. Specifically, Children's Rights staff will be required to: * Provide understandable information, appropriate to the child or young person's age and circumstances, about available services and provide help to access them. * Have regular meetings with the child or young person and attend care related meetings to represent them if that is what the child or young person wants. * Support the young person in making complaints through the Complaints Procedures. * Support contact with other individuals who have a key stake in the lives of cared for children e.g. parent, foster carer, social workers, residential staff. Independent Visitors Objective: To befriend and visit individual cared for children and young people, who have infrequent or no contact and communication with their parents. Specifically, Independent Visitors should: * Be independent of the local authority * Encourage and engage with the child or young person in achieving their social, educational, emotional, religious/cultural wishes and desires and ambitions. * Be a friend and listen to concerns and anxieties that the child or young person may want to share. * Engage in activities and offer encouragement for the child and young person to participate in their care planning and to help to resolve any difficulties. * Help the child or young person to seek specialist help and advice and co-ordinate with the appointed advocate where that is required and relevant.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e76eb130-4812-41f2-9651-9118c2d6e830
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c0821e46-881c-4511-a601-43f5d7b4d420
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 May 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Jun 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2021 - 31 Jul 2025 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TAMESIDE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Tim Kulewa
- Contact Email
- tim.kulewa@star-procurement.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1619121616
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SALE
- Postcode
- M33 7ZF
- Post Town
- Manchester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD34 Greater Manchester South West
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Trafford
- Electoral Ward
- Sale Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Wythenshawe and Sale East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c0821e46-881c-4511-a601-43f5d7b4d420
10th May 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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