Children and Young People's Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service

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                "description": "Cheshire East Council is conducting a soft market testing exercise to understand interest from providers in the delivery of Advocacy and Independent visitors. Advocacy and Independent visitors form an integral part of the overall local offer for children and Young People in Cheshire East ensuring that our statutory duty as a local authority is met. The current service design of commissioned services will be reviewed to ensure that the re-commission focuses on achieving the 7 outcomes of the Children and Young People's Plan 2022-2026. The re-commission will also focus on achieving greater value for money and effectiveness for children, young people and their families. Cheshire East Council would like to gain insight from providers who may be interested in providing these services in Cheshire East. Your feedback will help to inform future commissioning intentions. For more information, please refer to the attached questionnaire and return your responses via email to StrongStartCommissioning@cheshireeast.gov.uk. The deadline to respond is Friday 9th May: 16:00pm The questionnaire can be accessed via the Chest from below link/reference: https://procontract.due-north.com/RFx/RFxSummary?rfxId=190282c6-d524-f011-8136-005056b64545&projectId=bb00f588-d324-f011-8136-005056b64545# Chest Ref: DN772936 Please note, suppliers need to register on the Chest please visit www.the-chest.org.uk, and select the \"register free\" option.",
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        "description": "Cheshire East Borough Council is seeking to secure a single provider to deliver Advocacy, Independent Visitor services for Children and Young People and age assessment for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). The requirement is divided into three offers, all to be provided by a single supplier. These offers are as follows: * Offer 1 - Advocacy, including an opt out model for children and young people open to child protection aged 8-18 * Offer 2 - Independent Visitor Service * Offer 3 - Spot purchase to provide advocacy support for children who are subject to an age assessment To access this competition and review the full description of the scope of Services - please visit www.the-chest.org.uk, project ID DN801007. The contract will be awarded for an initial term of 36 months, with the possibility of 2 x12-month extensions. Any extension will be at the sole discretion of the Council.",
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