Provision of an Intensive Fammily Support Service

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Value

£1,444,000

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  • Social services
  • Health and social work services
  • Social work and related services
  • Social work services

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  • tender

Submission Deadline

1 month from now

Published

6 hours ago

Description

The Intensive Family Support Service will support young people from 0-18 and for care experienced young people, up to the age of 21.  The Screening Meeting and referral pathway, as detailed earlier, will have a critical role in prioritising the level of need and risk to ensure the services is targeted appropriately to meet the levels of demand across the Children’s Social Work Service.

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