Essex County Council Residential & Accommodation Services Collaboration Event

Concepts

• health and social work
• chelmsford
• essex young people
• essex sufficiency
• essex
• essex county council
• essex county council residential & accommodation services collaboration event
• essex • social enterprise organisations
• childrens residential care
• essex • providers

Location

Essex:

Description

Essex County Council (ECC) want to secure 33 exclusive Children's Residential Home beds in Essex by 2027 for children and young people in care. ECC also have a long-term ambition to work differently, in collaboration with the sector. We want to work with organisations that share our purpose and values to appropriately meet the needs and deliver good outcomes for Essex young people, in Essex. ECC has planned a collaboration event on the 12th May 2025 between 10:00 and 16:00 at Colchester Football Stadium to meet with providers of children's residential care. This event is for: • Providers already working in Essex • Providers that want to work in Essex • Providers that do not have property in Essex but want to work in Essex • Social enterprise organisations (small and large) who want to work in Essex This event aims to set out a new way of working together by collaborating with you to co-design sustainable and purposeful solutions to Essex sufficiency. This event is for directors and owners of children's homes. Agenda for Collaboration and Discussion: 1. Residential Programme 2024/2025 Update 2. Understanding future demand, capacity and timelines 3. Understanding Care Cubed 4. Developing prerequisites for working together - what we need from you and what you need from us 5. Adapting procurement pathways for public benefit - addressing the challenges of public sector procurement for commissioners, providers and young people 6. Partnerships and Collaboration - exploring how we can do and can work together for improved outcomes 7. Facilitated networking time There will be space for organisations to book a 10-15-minute slot with key commissioning and procurement leads for direct, individual conversations.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Other Information

How to book: Please register your interest in attending the collaboration event, and book a slot with ECC representatives via Eventbrite using the following link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/essex-childrens-residential-collaboration-event-t... Explanatory note: Please be advised that any information regarding the contract value and contract duration within this notice are provided for indicative purposes to fulfil the requirements of the online form. The Council reserves the right to review and amend this information and will publish the actual position within the tender notice. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **