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Birmingham City Council

Independent Visitors - AWARD

HealthcareCPV 85000000 85300000
Value£520k
Awarded8 Oct 2015
Published16 Feb 2016
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£520ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The service provision will: • Recruit, train and support a team of volunteer Independent Visitors from diverse backgrounds. • Successfully promote the service to encourage the referral of the most vulnerable children to the service including those with complex needs and vulnerabilities. • Implement a safe and age appropriate linking process to ensure best match for children and Independent Visitors • Contribute to children achieving positive outcomes • Ensure that children are safeguarded at all times. • Comply with performance and finance monitoring requirements. • Ensure that there are effective mechanisms for children to comment on and contribute to the design and delivery of the service. • Work in partnership with key stakeholders.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Recruit, train and support a team

Recruit, train and support a team of volunteer Independent Visitors from diverse backgrounds.

02

Implement a safe and age appropriate linking

Implement a safe and age appropriate linking process to ensure best match for children and Independent Visitors.

03

Ensure that children are safeguarded at all

Ensure that children are safeguarded at all times.

04

Comply with performance and finance monitoring requirements

Comply with performance and finance monitoring requirements.

05

Ensure that there are effective mechanisms

Ensure that there are effective mechanisms for children to comment on and contribute to the design and delivery of the service.

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Stage
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