Fostering and Continuing Care Framework

Description

The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) is seeking to establish a multi-supplier Framework agreement of child centred providers delivering quality foster placements for our children and young people aged 0-17 who have been assessed as requiring accommodation within a family-based care setting. This notice seeks to understand the level of interest in such an opportunity. Lot 1: Mainstream Required for placements that will have a range of background experience, environmental adversity, and attachment patterns, such as childhood abuse and trauma, neglect, young carers, additional needs and challenging behaviour. Lot 2: Specialist/ Disability Children who are assessed as needing specialist foster care have usually experienced varying degrees of neglect, abuse and disruption. Some of the children may have lived in residential care. They can present a higher level of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, but, with the right family, the children can grow, develop and thrive. Carers must demonstrate a clear knowledge of trauma informed practice. Lot 3: Short Breaks The children need carer families who can care for them for short periods of time. This can allow them to have a break from their parents or carers, to enable them to continue to care for children by giving them some time and space for themselves. These breaks can vary in length and frequency. Lot 4: Continuing Care Foster Carers can provide Continuing Care Services if they have already been providing Fostering Services and their suitability to provide Continuing Care has been assessed and approved following procedures as required by the Care Inspectorate and The Council. Lot 5: Permanent Placements Children who need permanent fostering or adoption will have been looked after by the Communities and Families Department and are unable to return to their own homes for a range of reasons.