Independent visitor services for children looked after
What the buyer wrote
The London Borough of Bromley ("the Council") is seeking bids for provision of Independent Visitor Service for Children Looked After. Independent Visitors provide a support and befriending service to children and young people who are in care. This service originated in the 1989 Children Act for children who had little or no contact with their birth family. However, changes to the statutory guidance in the 2008 Act now mean that any young person in care is now eligible for this service if it appears to be in the child's interests to do so. …
Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Independent visitor services for children looked after
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- services
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 2 Aug 2020
- Work ends
- 31 Jul 2023
- Kind of work
- Health and social care
Who the buyer named
Lorraine Baker was the named contact on this notice.