Appropriate Adult Service for Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and Isle of Wight
This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.
Hampshire County Council in collaboration with Southampton City Council, Portsmouth City Council, Isle of Wight Council, and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and Isle of Wight are looking to establish contracts with a single provider to deliver an Appropriate Adult Service for children and vulnerable adults across Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight The Service will provide persons acting as an Appropriate Adult (AA) for children and young people (in the absence of the parent, guardian or, if the child/young person is in the care of a local authority or voluntary organisation, a person representing that authority or organisation, or a Social Worker) and vulnerable adults (in the absence of a relative, guardian, other person responsible for their care or any appropriate friend or other suitable adult) in custody at a police station or other place.
The…
What the supplier must deliver
The Service will also provide AA
The Service will also provide AA for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children who are requiring an age assessment to be undertaken by Children’s Services in situations where the age is in dispute.
To support interested suppliers the Authorities are
To support interested suppliers the Authorities are sharing the most recent annual volumes to act as a guide to the indicative levels of demand for this service. .This is an indicative figure and the Authorities offer no guarantee around any levels of work.
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