--- title: "Children's Social Care Safeguarding Support Project: Child Protection and Court Teams" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-9b27133c-e69c-4a58-8ce2-e41f4fc91bf4" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9b27133c-e69c-4a58-8ce2-e41f4fc91bf4" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9b27133c-e69c-4a58-8ce2-e41f4fc91bf4.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9b27133c-e69c-4a58-8ce2-e41f4fc91bf4.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL" published: "2022-09-30" --- # Children's Social Care Safeguarding Support Project: Child Protection and Court Teams Buyer: HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9b27133c-e69c-4a58-8ce2-e41f4fc91bf4 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9b27133c-e69c-4a58-8ce2-e41f4fc91bf4) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9b27133c-e69c-4a58-8ce2-e41f4fc91bf4.json) ## Summary The Herefordshire Council is planning a procurement process for the Children's Social Care Safeguarding Support Project. The project aims to provide managed children's social care teams supporting Child Protection and Court services. The contract period is scheduled from 28th November 2022 to 31st March 2023, with a potential extension up to March 2024. The buying organisation is Herefordshire Council located in Hereford, England. The industry category is Health and social work services. The procurement stage is 'planning', with the future notice date set for 10th October 2022. This tender opportunity by Herefordshire Council offers business growth potential for service providers in health and social work services. The focus is on delivering stable teams to support ongoing improvement work following an inadequate rating by Ofsted. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are particularly suited to compete for this contract. Businesses with expertise in social work, child protection, and court service support are well-positioned to engage in this procurement process. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c79e3d37-d3f8-4a73-889c-52c11e5a3943 | | Notice type | Planned Procurement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 30 Sep 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 10 Oct 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 28 Nov 2022 - 31 Mar 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL | | Locality | HEREFORD | | Post town | Hereford | | Postcode | HR4 0LE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | | ITL 3 | TLG11 Herefordshire, County of | | Local authority | Herefordshire, County of | | Electoral ward | Widemarsh | | Westminster constituency | Hereford and South Herefordshire | | 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) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 30 Sep 2022 at 14:55 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c79e3d37-d3f8-4a73-889c-52c11e5a3943 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c79e3d37-d3f8-4a73-889c-52c11e5a3943 30th September 2022 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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