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Social care & community in London
Public sector contract notices in social care & community covering London, from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Social care & community notices in London
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Conversion Practices Victim Support Service
The Cabinet Office wants to set up a confidential support service for people affected by conversion practices, or integrate it into an existing helpline. The service will provide pastoral care, counselling referrals, and signposting to emergency housing and police reporting.
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HtH - Semi Independent Living - Lot 4
Haringey Council is procuring support and life skills coaching for care leavers in semi-independent living arrangements. This is Lot 4 of a larger contract.
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Bromley 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service
Bromley Council is commissioning a 0-19 children's public health nursing service covering health visiting and school nursing. The service delivers the Healthy Child Programme to support child health, wellbeing and development across the borough.
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Connect to Work
Lambeth Council is commissioning up to four providers to deliver Individual Placement and Support employment services using the Place and Train model. The service supports people into work and provides 12 months' ongoing support to sustain employment.
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Camden Respite Rooms
London Borough of Camden is recommissioning a 24/7 residential respite service for women experiencing domestic violence, homelessness and multiple disadvantage. The service needs to provide minimum 16 bedspaces with a target move-on time of up to 56 days.
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Provision of Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service
London Borough of Brent wants an independent health complaints advocacy service to help clients, families and carers navigate NHS complaints procedures and resolve grievances about health and social care. The service runs for three years from April 2027, with a possible two-year extension.
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Safeguarding insight work to inform sector-led improvement
PCH needs consultancy to research what organisational structures and processes make adult safeguarding services effective, drawing on CQC reports, academic research and practitioner input. The findings will form practical recommendations for local authorities and shape PCH's future safeguarding improvement support.
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Newham Best Start Family Hubs Befriending, Navigation and Peer Support Service
Newham Council is commissioning a peer-led befriending and navigation service for families with children aged 0-5, combining emotional support and practical advice through multiple channels including phone, text, WhatsApp and web. The service should engage volunteers from local communities to reach underrepresented groups and work closely with existing Family Hubs.
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Meals on Wheels
Tower Hamlets wants a food supplier to deliver daily hot meals to residents' homes, addressing food insecurity and social isolation. Meals must meet nutritional standards and accommodate various dietary and cultural requirements with daily choice.
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Partners in Care and Health – External Evaluation of the Continuous Improvement Programme 2026-29
Design and delivery of an external evaluation of a three-year continuous improvement programme supporting councils and health systems in adult social care. You'll develop the evaluation methodology in year one, then conduct the evaluation across years two and three.
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Camden and Islington Navigator Service
Camden and Islington are jointly commissioning an intensive Navigator Service for people rough sleeping long-term with high support needs. The service will move from a grant agreement to a contract from April 2027.
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HAC6052 Integrated Adult Alcohol and Drug Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Service
Tower Hamlets is recommissioning its adult drug and alcohol treatment and recovery system as a single integrated contract. The service must combine treatment, prescribing, psychosocial interventions, outreach, recovery support, and criminal-justice case management, with pathways for rough-sleeping, mental health, and other vulnerable groups.
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Commissioning Homes for Children Looked After & Care Leavers PDPS - Lot 1 Rd 7
London Borough of Newham is reopening Lot 1 of a Pseudo-Dynamic Purchasing System for semi-independent living services for looked after children and care leavers. Suppliers can apply to join the framework and bid for placements as they arise.
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Commissioning Homes for Children Looked After & Care Leavers PDPS - Lot 4 Rd 7
London Borough of Newham is reopening Lot 4 of a pseudo-dynamic purchasing system for independent fostering agencies regulated by Ofsted. The system provides placements for looked after children, care leavers, and young people who are homeless or at risk.
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Commissioning Homes for Children Looked After & Care Leavers PDPS - Lot 2 Rd 10
London Borough of Newham is reopening Lot 2 of their Pseudo-Dynamic Purchasing System for children's homes regulated by Ofsted. The system serves looked after children, care leavers, and young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and is available to any public body listed in the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1972.
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Individual Placement Scheme (IPS)
London Borough of Merton and five neighbouring boroughs seek an Individual Placement and Support service for adults in drug and alcohol treatment. The provider will help clients obtain and sustain paid employment using IPS principles and fidelity standards.
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Homeless Singles Supported Housing Service
Westminster City Council is recommissioning a supported housing service for single homeless people with complex needs. The service provides accommodation-based support across 58 bedspaces in six properties (three 24/7 staffed and three step-down units) in Marylebone and Maida Vale.
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SK - age 11 White British/Irish Carers needed for female.
London Borough of Haringey is seeking carers for SK, an 11-year-old girl who needs a culturally matched (White British/Irish) placement. She attends school in Tottenham Hale and is subject to an Interim Care Order.
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Hammersmith and Fulham Advocacy Services for Adults
Hammersmith and Fulham Council wants a single integrated advocacy service for adults covering both statutory duties and community advocacy. The provider will act as lead, coordinating a network of specialist organisations and managing a single referral point.
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Camden Rough Sleeping outreach service (formerly known as the 'Routes off the Streets' service)
Camden is seeking a six-year contract to run its outreach service supporting rough sleepers in the borough to access housing and support. The service is currently known as Routes Off the Street and the existing contract expires in March 2026.
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Framework for Healthcare-Related Substance Use Services
London Borough of Hackney is establishing a framework for healthcare-related substance use services under the Provider Selection Regime. The framework runs for up to four years and is split into 13 lots.
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Gamelan Music therapy
North London NHS Foundation Trust wants weekly gamelan music-making sessions for a mental health unit at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. The sessions aim to build self-confidence, communication, and social skills among participants.
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Framework for Non-Healthcare Substance Use Services Framework
London Borough of Hackney is establishing a 4-year framework for seven lots of non-healthcare substance use services, including needle provision, employment support, housing support, community navigation, custody assessment, and legal advice for people with substance use needs.
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A Mentoring service for young people at risk of serious youth violence
Barking & Dagenham wants a mentoring service for 11–25-year-olds at risk of gang involvement or exploitation. The service will be referred clients from the Youth Offending Service and help them access education, training, and employment.
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Street Outreach Settlement
Croydon Council wants a supplier to run street outreach, casework, resettlement and tenancy sustainment services for people experiencing street homelessness. The service includes a floating support element and a substance misuse worker.