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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Mentoring and Care Leavers Forum Service

Community ServicesCPV 98000000
Value£237k
Deadline13 Dec 2019
Published14 Nov 2019
RegionNorth West
Timeline
Published 14 Nov 2019ClosedCloses 13 Dec 2019
Contract value in context
£237ktotal contract value
median £134k
this tender£0£4.1m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Other Community & Personal Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 5,835 valued Other Community & Personal Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Council requires the Service Provider to provide a mentoring service for looked after children, and care leavers aged between 16 and 28, providing continuity of support to care leavers as they cease to be the statutory responsibility of the local authority.

The mentoring may take place individually or in small groups. (Under the current arrangements, a worker is employed for 35 hours per week for this aspect of the contract).

2.2 The Council further requires recruitment and support for one former care leaver to facilitate the Stockport Care Leaver Forum, to represent the voice of Stockport care leavers, or those now living in Stockport, and to work closely with Stockport Council Participation Team.

For reference, the forum has recently be renamed "Have your Say".

The forum worker will also attend quarterly residential and 16+ provider forums set up by the Council.

The recruited forum worker will received all necessary support and mentoring in order to deliver this role. (Under the current arrangements, a worker is employed for 8 hours per week for this aspect of the contract).

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Council requires the Service Provider

The Council requires the Service Provider to provide a mentoring service for looked after children, and care leavers aged between 16 and 28, providing continuity of support to care leavers as they cease to be the statutory responsibility of the local authority.

02

2.2 The Council further requires recruitment

2.2 The Council further requires recruitment and support for one former care leaver to facilitate the Stockport Care Leaver Forum, to represent the voice of Stockport care leavers, or those now living in Stockport, and to work closely with Stockport Council Participation Team.

03

The recruited forum worker will received all

The recruited forum worker will received all necessary support and mentoring in order to deliver this role. (Under the current arrangements, a worker is employed for 8 hours per week for this aspect of the contract).

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