Procurement

Dorset Families Matter - Family Support Packages

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-037ea2

Description

Dorset Council is seeking a broad and diverse range of suitably qualified and experienced

service providers to provide:

• a service

• an intervention and /or

• an activity

that can be termed a family support package and can contribute to the delivery of positive

outcomes in line with those set out in the document Annex A: National Supporting Families

Outcome Framework

Family Support Packages are one optional element of the enhanced Whole Family support

and resources that professionals can access on behalf of the families they are supporting.

They can be defined as a variety of small-scale services, activities, or interventions which

practitioners can utilise quickly and easily.

Examples of packages include, but are not limited to: Individual Mentoring / Support for

lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), and intersex young people and

their families / Interactive Therapeutic Approaches / Mediation /Counselling / Relationship

Support / Family Support Services / Introducing the idea of positive activities for families

and/ or individuals and encouraging participation/ Household Management etc.

A Family Support Package will contribute to the Lead Professional's family action or delivery

plan - it will not be a stand-alone piece of work.

This Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is being established for the first time as part of a

fully compliant tender process in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015.