Invitation to Tender for the Provision of a Four Bedded Residential Children?s Home

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is currently developing a comprehensive Community Adolescence Service with support from the DfE. This new service will have at its core a commitment to evidence based progressive theory and practice. As part of this development the council is seeking a partner from the Independent Sector to provide a dedicated residential care home. For the chosen provider of the residential care home, this represents an exciting opportunity to contribute to a new way of working with a high DfE profile. A key element of this scheme will be that the provider's staff team, involved in this project, will receive full training in social Pedagogy and Restorative practice funded by the purchaser. The scheme will also be externally evaluated for evidence of impact and the results will be of national standing. The procurement of this residential home will be based on a block contract and represents a guaranteed source of income for the successful provider. The Indicative value of the contract is £375,000. Background Sefton Council in conjunction with a range of partners is currently developing a new Community Adolescence Service. This will be one service incorporating residential and field resources, dedicated to working with a specific group of young people, their siblings, families and care givers. The service will be evidence based with Social Pedagogy and Restorative Practice providing its core unifying philosophy, as well as providing a central means of practice for its workers. As part of this fresh approach to service provision, the Council seeks to procure a four bedded residential children's home which will work in total integration with the other components of the Community Adolescence Service. Potential providers of this four bedded children's home are invited to be participants and partners in this innovative development. The project itself is being developed with support from the DfE. It will also be externally evaluated and the results of this evaluation will be of national standing. Crucially, the Community Adolescence Service is a developmental project. In view of this the potential provider of the residential unit will have the opportunity to develop their function, in line with the other elements of the Community Adolescence Service, as more is learnt during the service's move from theoretical to actual application. A key component of this new development will be that the care staff employed by the chosen residential home provider will receive comprehensive training in Social Pedagogy and Restorative Practice funded by the purchaser. The training will cover both theory and..(view full details to see more)