Opportunity for local authorities in the Southern Region of England to commission children's residential care services through a consortium agreement, aiming to provide high-quality care for looked after children while achieving efficiencies in service purchasing and development.
Children's Residential Placements - Consortia Commissioning. Southampton City Council has taken the lead for the purposes of tendering this opportunity. This procurement is a tender for a Children's Residential Care Services Framework- Consortium Commissioning. Local authorities across the Southern Region of England have come together to commission children's residential care using a framework agreement, in order to fulfil their statutory duty to provide high-quality residential care to looked after children within their authority. Commissioning as a consortium of authorities allows us to meaningfully engage with the market whilst enabling us to achieve efficiencies in the purchasing and development of services and advocating better care on behalf of children and young people. Planned Residential Care and Same Day Residential Care Children and young people requiring planned and / or same day residential care and accommodation only, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR). Crisis Care Children and young people requiring Crisis placements consisting of residential care at short notice for a relatively short duration, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR). Residential Care with DFE Regulated Education Children and young people who require a residential placement with Department for Education (DfE) regulated education, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR). Residential Parenting Assessments Parents and their Children requiring a placement for the purposes of conducting an assessment of parenting capacity, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR). Therapeutic Residential Care Children and young people requiring a therapeutic residential placement, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR). Children with Disabilities Children and young people with disabilities requiring planned and/ or same day residential care and accommodation only, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).