Decision details

Award for contract for Independent Social Workers Approved List

Decision Maker: Executive Director of Children's Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The Carers Recruitment and Assessment team seeks approval to award contracts to Independent Social Workers (ISW) on the Barnet Approved List of ISW providers. 

 

Providers will be awarded onto the Approved List for the remaining duration of the contract. The Approved List expires 31st March 2020. New contracts will  commence 01 August 2017

 

The six contracts to be awarded are for the following:

Lot 1:  Fostering Assessments: 

Initial Visit and Report and Form F Assessment

Lot 2:  Special Guardianship Order (SGO) and Connected Persons: 

Initial Visit and Report and SGO  Assessment

Lot 3:  Adoption:

Initial Visit and Report, Prospective Adopters Report and Annex A Report

Lot 4:  Parenting Assessments:

Parenting Capacity Assessments Outside of Care Proceedings and

Parenting Capacity Assessments within Care Proceedings

Lot 5:  Training:

Co-running skills to foster courses and training, Bespoke Training for Foster Carers, Adopters and SGO Applicants

Lot 6:  Independent Investigation

 

The total maximum contract value including extensions is £420,000.  The annual costs will not exceed £105,000 across all of the contract lots.

Publication date: 31/07/2017

Date of decision: 26/07/2017

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