Direct Award for Temporary Specialist Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) Workers
What the buyer wrote
Torbay Council is currently unable to meet the current demand for requests for new Education, Health & Care Plan (EHCP) assessments and annual reviews with the capacity available. There is a national increase in Request for Statutory Assessment (RSA) requests. The temporary appointment of specialist SEND workers for 12 months would clear the backlog and then accurately assess demand vs capacity. Legally, the Council should be making the decision to amend the EHCP within 2 weeks of receiving the Annual Review paperwork and sending out the Amended plan with that decision. The Council has advertised to its contracted Standing List of temporary agency providers, on numerous occasions, with no re…
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Direct Award for Temporary Specialist Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) Workers
- How they are buying
- Given to one supplier, no competitionNobody else was asked, and the buyer has to be able to justify that.
- Type
- services
- Where
- in the South West
- Kind of work
- Professional services, SEN and inclusion services
Who the buyer named
Mrs Joanna Pascoe was the named contact on this notice.