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
Accompanying Documents:
- Award for Contract for Independent Social Workers Approved List PDF 276 KB
- Restricted enclosure