Family Group Conferencing

Westminster City Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea will be embarking on the recommissioning of their Family Group Conferencing Service. The aim of re-procuring the service will be to enter into a service contract with a provider who can demonstrate delivery of high-quality standards while demonstrating value for money for the Authorities. The service will be used by: • Family Services in RBKC • Family Services in Westminster This statutory service adopts an early intervention model, which engages and maximises family participation in social care practices and in the care planning for children (and or a family member). The service also provides an advocacy function that supports children and young people in decision making processes within the social care system. The Family Group Conferencing service is required to work closely with teams within Family Services, who provide the active case referrals. This includes teams such as Children in Need, Early Help, Child Protection, Interim Care Orders and Looked After. The service is required to allocate Family Group Conference coordinators to referred cases who then: • Meet with children, young people, and their main carers • Meet with family networks and prepare them for the FGC • Hold the FGC • Follow up FGC with Plan which is circulated • Carry out user feedback • Review the FGC where appropriate • Keeps service leads and social workers informed. Following the procurement, two contract will be awarded one main contract which covers both RBKC and WCC. An additional reserve spot rate contract which will be awarded to cover RBKC and WCC. The tender document will be published in CapitalESourcing on the 8th August 2022. Providers with experience of delivering these types of services are invited to register their expression of interest via our e-tendering portal; www.capitalesourcingcom and search for the following reference: pqq_WCC_1798 - Family Group Conferencing