National Safeguarders Panel Management Service
What the buyer wrote
The requirement is for the operation and management of a National Panel of Safeguarders known as the ‘Safeguarders Panel’. Safeguarders are appointed by children’s hearings or sheriffs where there is a requirement to safeguard the interests of the child in the proceedings. The Safeguarder provides the hearing and/or court with an independent assessment of what is in the child’s best interest. Safeguarders are independent from all other agencies involved in the Children’s Hearings System and that independence of practice is a crucial aspect of the role. They are appointed by the Scottish Ministers. Portfolio responsibility falls to the Minister for Children and Young People. The Contractor wi…
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- What the buyer calls it
- National Safeguarders Panel Management Service
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- services
- Where
- in Scotland
- Kind of work
- Children's social care
Who the buyer named
Bob McLeod was the named contact on this notice.