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

Concepts

• health and social work
• chichester

Location

West Sussex County Council, Kent County Council, Portsmouth City Council and Southampton City Council

Description

West Sussex County Council, Kent County Council, Portsmouth City Council and Southampton City Council are planning to tender for up to 65 residential placements later in the year. The four 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.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** … The children and young people we are seeking placements for are: • Aged 8– 17 (though more typically 10-16) • May have often experienced exploitation – criminal and or sexual• Have had long histories of neglect and exposure to domestic abuse and other forms of childhood trauma• Have a limited capacity to make secure and healthy attachments with care givers due to blocked trust• Have mental health needs which have not always been fully assessed or understood • Will sometimes need to be placed in an emergency/immediate situationWe 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? If you are interested in joining WSCC, KCC, PCC and SCC at this Market Engagement Event, please follow the instructions below.Please be advised that the Residential Services for Children We Care For with Complex Needs - West Sussex CC, Portsmouth CC, Kent CC and Southampton CC Market Engagement Event is now available via 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/esourcingYou will then be able to search for the event information, the title and refence are as follows:Title WSCC AA - Residential Services for Children with Complex NeedsReference CWSCC - 034220The market engagement event is scheduled for 12-2 p.m. on Tuesday 5th April 2022. Please follow the instructions on the portal on how to participate in the event.