WSCC AA - Residential Services for Children with Complex Needs - Market Engagement

Concepts

• health and social work
• west sussex
• west sussex county council
• portsmouth city council
• kent county council
• mental health needs
• market engagement
• providers of residential care
• initial market research
• wscc aa

Location

Description

West Sussex County Council, Kent County Council, Portsmouth City Council and Southampton City Council are planning to tender for 65 residential placements later in the year. The three local authorities want to develop a new model for strategic collaboration with providers of residential care to improve outcomes for the children and young people. We wish to achieve this by working in partnership with providers to cultivate a fresh approach that fully employs their knowledge, expertise and creativity. The children and young people we are seeking placements for are: o Aged 8- 17 (though more typically 10-16) o May have often experienced exploitation - criminal and or sexual o Have had long histories of neglect and exposure to domestic abuse and other forms of childhood trauma o Have a limited capacity to make secure and healthy attachments with care givers due to blocked trust o Have mental health needs which have not always been fully assessed or understood o Will sometimes need to be placed in an emergency/immediate situation We have already undertaken some initial market research and from this we know that to be successful we will need to offer long contracts (10 years plus), develop a realistic approach to matching children to places and have pragmatic timescales for mobilisation and the required placements becoming available. To realise our ambition for a real partnership we want to explore with interested Service Providers a range of issues including - how 'soft blocks' can work in a way that is fair to both the provider and local authority partners? The market engagement event is scheduled for Tuesday 5th April 2022 at 12-2 pm.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation
• 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

Other Information

If you would like to attend the event, you must reply by sending a message via the portal indicating your interest and provide the names and email addresses of attendees by the 1st April at 12pm. The link to the meeting invitation would issued by directly to the email addresses provided. Should you have any questions regarding this you must submit your question via the correspondence facility in the Portal. You will need to login to the portal to access the information, registering first if you have not already done so, via this link https://www.sesharedservices.org.uk/esourcing. Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No