Empowering Families Mentor Service 2023

Concepts

• health and social work
• southend on sea
• sea city council
• families mentor service
• empowering family mentor service
• vulnerable families
• specialist services
• part of a whole-family approach
• current service provider
• volunteer mentors

Location

Southend-On-Sea:

Description

Southend-on-Sea City Council are gauging market interest in the Empowering Family Mentor service which, depending on provider interest and continued funding, would commence on 1st October 2023 for 18 months with the possible option to extend for a one further year. The maximum contract value is £83,983 per annum and there is likely to be TUPE transfer. Current staffing costs are roughly £60,000 per annum. It is expected the provider will deliver Empowering Families Mentor Service using community volunteers to mentor vulnerable families, as part of a whole-family approach to facilitate change, improve wellbeing, build resilience and empower families.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Council will require the successful provider to recruit, train and develop a number of specialist community volunteers to offer long term mentor support to vulnerable families. This will predominantly involve working with families where there is active involvement from children's social care and children are identified as Children in Need or with a Child Protection Plan. The successful provider will need to ensure the volunteer mentors have the necessary commitment, personal qualities, skills and confidence to positively contribute to improving outcomes for vulnerable families. The service will contribute to achieving the following outcomes: • Improved wellbeing of the family - including areas around housing, finance, employment, education and health • Families are empowered - families are stronger, more confident and feel more in control of their lives • Families are resilient - there is a reduced need for support from specialist services, including children's social care The current service provider has a number of experienced volunteers who may not transfer to volunteer for another service provider, therefore any new service provider will need to ensure they have volunteers available to provide the service from 1st October 2023. The current service provider has a number of experienced volunteers who may not transfer to volunteer for another service provider, therefore any new service provider will need to ensure they have volunteers available to provide the service from 1st October 2023. Please note this opportunity had previously been advertised in October 2022, but has been updated and re-advertised in March 2023.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** If your organisation are able to meet the requirements and you are interested in this potential opportunity you will need to email procurementadvisors@southend.gov.uk quoting EFMS/2023 by 12noon on Friday 31st March 2023. Should there be interest, an Open Tender procedure will be adopted for this procurement and the council would expect to commence the process in April 2023, to procure this service. If there is no interest expressed or request to participate, the Council will use regulation 32 of the Public Contract Regulations (2015) to award a contract to the current provider for a maximum period of three years. The council is available to meet with interested parties to discuss the potential contract opportunity. If you would like to meet with the Project Team to discuss the project, please email procurementops@southend.gov.uk quoting EFMS/2023.