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Re-opening of Short Breaks for Children who are Disabled and/or have Complex Health Needs 16/17

Dorset County Council · £2,523,000 · closes 6 Dec 2016

£2,523,000

Estimated value

Closed

Deadline

18 Nov 2016

Published

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About this contract

Project Scope: We are looking to secure suitable service providers to join appropriate frameworks in order to provide a range of short break opportunities for children, young people and their carers. The Framework categories are: Framework Category 1: Specialist Residential overnight short breaks Framework Category 2: Specialist Saturday, after school and holiday short break sessions based in Weymouth area Framework Category 3: Specialist Saturday, after school and holiday short break sessions Framework Category 4: Sessional services (at home or in the community) including befriending/buddy/PA schemes Framework Category 5: After school, holiday and weekend play, sports and activity sessions for all ages Framework Category 6: Activity, day and evening sessions for young people aged 15-18 years Category 1 - 3 Support for Children and Young People, from providers who successfully gain a place on a framework will be called-off the framework by the Children who are Disabled Teams, Children’s Services, working alongside the families, who meet the threshold to receive this support Category 4 – 6 Once Providers are successfully onto the frameworks, a mini competition will be ran annually at the start of the financial year in order to allocate funds and define support for the year.