Children’s Residential Services - Short term emergency regulated mainstream provision for children under 18 - Essex County Council

Essex County Council (ECC) are seeking expressions of interest from providers in the Children’s Residential Home space in Essex, this will be for short term emergency regulated mainstream provision for high level needs children under the age of 18 with Children and Families Support Services.

The purpose of such provision would be to provide a crisis response/short term residential placement where a child or young person can receive high quality care until a longer term registered care setting can be found for the child.

This would be specifically for a block contract with an arrangement for ECC to block beds within a Solo Provision. Such provisions will be available immediately, or within the next three months.

This requirement is for a 24 month period with 6 month break clauses throughout.

This requirement is in conjunction with the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”) and accompanying guidance. The Provider must adhere to the quality standards as set out within the Regulations when delivering children’s residential placements under this provision. These requirements includes but are not limited to the provision of appropriately trained staff.

Where you think your organisation could meet the challenges of delivering the above requirement, please send your expression of interest to the below by 5pm Monday 11th July 2022. Anne-Lise Nicol: Annelise.Nicol@essex.gov.uk