Fostering Support: Membership, Advice and Mediation Contract
Cumbria County Council · North West
Key facts
- Estimated value
- £94,240
- Closing date
- 30 Nov 2018
- Contract starts
- 31 Mar 2019
- Contract ends
- 31 Mar 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Buyer type
- Local government
Description
These services contribute to those that the Council is under a statutory duty to provide within Cumbria. This includes: Children and Young Persons, England, The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011, 17 (1) which states:
"The fostering service Provider must provide foster parents [carers] with such training, advice, information and support including support outside office hours, as appears necessary in the interests of children placed with them".
In addition the Fostering Services: National Minimum Standards (NMS), Standard 22:12 Handling allegations and suspicions of harm states:
"During the investigation the fostering service makes support, which is independent of the fostering service, available to the person subject to the allegation and, where this is a foster carer, to their household, in order to provide: a) Information and advice about the process; b) Emotional support; and c) If needed, mediation between the foster carer and the fostering service and / or advocacy (including attendance at meetings and panel hearings)"
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