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Short Breaks Targeted Support Pilot
North East Lincolnshire Council is commissioning targeted short breaks for children and young people with EHCPs who cannot access mainstream community activities. The service aims to reduce isolation and support families with children with complex needs.
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Birmingham Virtual School Educational Wellbeing Service
Birmingham Virtual School is commissioning an early intervention service to support looked-after and vulnerable children with exam preparation and school transitions. The service will deliver direct programmes and support across key educational stages.
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Target Priority Group Support Service
Kingston upon Thames is commissioning a stabilisation space (accommodation and support) for rough sleepers, particularly those in the UK's Target Priority Group who are resistant to standard interventions. The service is part of a South West sub-regional rough sleeping programme.
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Clinical Psychology Services
Birmingham Children's Trust needs clinical psychology services to support their adoption and special guardianship order (SGO) cases. The work involves psychological assessments, preparation, and post-placement support for adoptive families and SGO arrangements.
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Family Lead Decision Making
Reading Borough Council is commissioning a service to deliver Family Group Conferencing and Family Led Decision Making support, working with social care teams to engage families and reduce child entries into care. The service will also upskill council staff in consistent approaches to family-led decision-making.
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A017PC IRN 2026 - New entrants to the Framework
Essex County Council is reopening a framework for residential and nursing care for adults aged 65+, split into three lots: residential without nursing (social care funded), residential with nursing (social care funded), and residential with nursing (NHS funded). Suppliers can apply for one or more lots and will be ranked on preferred supplier lists.
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Embedded Mental Health and Wellbeing Support in Schools
Glasgow City Council is establishing a flexible framework agreement to provide embedded mental health and wellbeing support services in schools across Glasgow and East Renfrewshire. The services fall within social and other specific services under Scottish procurement regulations.
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EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING NAVIGATORS
Tameside is seeking a provider to deliver structured one-to-one emotional health and wellbeing support to young people for up to 12 weeks per participant, using trauma-informed and asset-based approaches. The work focuses on helping young people develop coping strategies, set goals, and build motivation for behaviour change.
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Empowering Families (Family Mentor Service)
Southend-on-Sea City Council is seeking an organisation to deliver a volunteer-led family mentor service for vulnerable families known to children's social care. The service will use community volunteers to support families with children in need or on child protection plans, focusing on wellbeing, resilience, education, employment, housing and financial outcomes.
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Children's External Placements Education & Tuition PDPS Reopening 1
Peterborough City Council is reopening a pseudo-dynamic purchasing system for external placements and education/tuition for children, covering independent fostering agencies, residential homes, special education provisions, out-of-school tuition, and post-16 alternative provision.
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Sexual Violence Victim Support Service
BlueLight Commercial is tendering a contract on behalf of Durham Police and Crime Commissioner to provide specialist support services for adult and child victims of sexual violence and sexual abuse.
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Gender-Informed Outreach Service for Females Rough Sleeping
Sheffield City Council wants an outreach service to engage and support women who are rough sleeping or at risk of it, particularly those with entrenched homelessness and multiple disadvantages. The service will work with individuals identified as needing intensive, multi-agency support.
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Targeted Interventions for People Leaving Home Office Accommodation
Sheffield City Council wants an outreach service to help people leaving Home Office accommodation or experiencing homelessness after family reunification move out of rough sleeping into stable housing. The service will provide tailored support including accommodation guidance, culturally sensitive information, and help navigating housing options.
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Design of a Virtual Rough Sleeping Partnership Hub
Sheffield City Council needs a design for how to run a Virtual Rough Sleeping Partnership Hub. The project scope is developing a delivery model for the service.
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Workforce Development Programme for Rough Sleeping
Sheffield City Council wants a training and workforce development programme for professionals and partners who support rough sleepers. The programme should recognise and enhance high-quality practice in this field.
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Enabling Prevention in the Voluntary, Care and Faith Sector
Sheffield City Council wants a coordinator to prevent rough sleeping and intervene early with people at risk. The role involves aligning activity across voluntary, care and faith sector partners to stop people cycling back into homelessness.
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Group Based Adoption Support: Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) Parenting
North Tyneside Council needs a provider to deliver group-based Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) parenting therapy for adoptive families through Adopt North East, the regional adoption agency. The service runs 3 blocks of 10 sessions each year.
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Cumbria Substance Use: Engagement and Recovery Support Service
Cumberland Council is procuring a substance use engagement and recovery support service for Cumbria on behalf of both Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness councils. The contract runs for up to 10 years with a maximum budget of £1.534m annually in the initial term.
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Cumbria Substance Use: Treatment Service
Cumberland Council is procuring a cumbria-wide substance use treatment service for up to 10 years under the Provider Selection Regime. The contract covers clinical and psychosocial treatment for people with addiction problems across two councils.
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DBC (SLR) The Elms – Temporary Accommodation & Support Service
Dacorum Borough Council is seeking an operator for The Elms, a temporary accommodation facility in Hemel Hempstead for single homeless adults. The provider will run the service on a concession model, generating income from Housing Benefit, resident contributions and service charges, with the council retaining property compliance and major works responsibility.
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Children's Centre Outreach Market Engagement
Westminster City Council is opening competitive tendering for outreach services to family hubs and children's centres, including home visiting, befriending support for families with under-5s, and Early Help volunteering services for families with children aged 0–15.
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Support for First Stop Emergency Access Accommodation
South Lanarkshire Council needs a provider to run a 24-hour emergency access temporary accommodation hostel at their Clydesdale Street site in Hamilton. The service must house homeless households presenting as emergency cases, with waking night staff and no lone working allowed.
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Foodbank Plus 2025
Leicester City Council wants a provider to run a foodbank-plus service delivering free welfare advice, debt support, and mental wellbeing casework to people in poverty. The service runs from foodbank settings and covers benefits, housing, and financial hardship issues.
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Family Support Workers in the City of London
The City of London is seeking Family Support Workers to work with children, young people, and families. The contract is worth £100,000.
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003191 - Contract for Provision of accommodation and support for homeless individuals with multiple vulnerabilities
Durham County Council seeks a provider to offer accommodation and support services for homeless people with multiple vulnerabilities. The council notes a significant increase in temporary accommodation demand, from 48 households in 2018/19 to 140 in early 2025.