Social care & community in South East
Public sector contract notices in social care & community covering South East, from Find a Tender.
Social care & community notices in South East
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Housing First and Couples Move on Pathway
Reading Borough Council is seeking a provider for Housing First and Couples Move on Pathway - a service offering intensive, housing-led support to people sleeping rough or at high risk of repeat homelessness, with complex needs. The service focuses on rapid access to independent accommodation, tenancy support, and reducing returns to rough sleeping.
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School and Social Care Transport
Reading Borough Council is establishing a framework for bespoke transport for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (currently 626 learners, £4.52m annual cost) and ad hoc transport for children in council care. The framework will replace the current arrangement which is ending.
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Sensory Needs - Social Support Services
Support service for Bracknell Forest residents aged 18+ with visual impairment or deafblindness. Provision of person-centred information, advice and guidance to help people maintain independence.
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Care Technology Responder Service
Slough Borough Council wants a physical responder service to attend residents using technology-enabled care and alarms. The service must integrate with their wider care pathway, call handling, and social care teams.
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CBC-1985-FW-SK - Supported Accommodation for Care Experienced Young People 16+ Framework (ITT)
Central Bedfordshire Council is establishing a light touch framework for supported accommodation and support services for care-experienced young people and young people seeking sanctuary aged 16+. Providers must be Ofsted registered under the Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023.
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Domestic Abuse Support Services
Milton Keynes City Council is tendering for domestic abuse support services to meet duties under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. The contract covers integrated support, refuge provision, and outreach work, structured as three individual lots plus four combined lot options.
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Housing Related Support Services for People with a Mental Health Diagnosis 2026-27
West Berkshire Council wants a provider to deliver floating support to 20–30 adults with mental health diagnoses, helping them maintain tenancies and live independently. Support includes life skills, finances, health access, and coordination with housing and mental health services.
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Winter Night Shelter
Medway Council wants a provider to run a winter night shelter offering overnight refuge with separate male and female sleeping areas, basic facilities, and staffed office space. The contract runs four months per year for three years, starting December 2026.
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Provision of DASV Services in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire Council is commissioning an integrated domestic abuse and sexual violence service (BDAS+) split into two lots: single-sex accommodation-based support, and community-based advocacy and specialist support across three tiers. The service starts April 2027 for five years with optional 12-month extensions.
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Crisis Resilience Fund Eligibility & Resilience Services
Hampshire County Council is procuring services to deliver the Crisis and Resilience Fund - a government-backed scheme providing cash payments for emergencies and longer-term financial support services like debt advice and income maximisation. The contract covers crisis payments administration, resilience services delivery, and community coordination across Hampshire.
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Short Breaks for Children and Young People with Disabilities
Bracknell Forest Council is commissioning weekend and school holiday short breaks for disabled children and young people aged 5–18. The service provides specialist support for those whose needs exceed mainstream provision.
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EBC - Off The Street Offer
Eastbourne Borough Council wants a provider to manage at least 10 units of accommodation for rough sleepers, including housing staff and maintenance. This is part of the East Sussex Rough Sleeping Initiative.
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Contingency Parking Site in Kent FM and Welfare services
Facilities management and welfare services at a contingency parking site in Kent operated by the Department for Transport. The full scope is available on the Jaggaer portal.
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Substance Use Service - Core Drug and alcohol service and inpatient detoxification
Brighton & Hove City Council is commissioning an integrated drug and alcohol treatment system covering core services and inpatient detoxification. The service must align with UK Drug Strategy, OHID guidance, and national monitoring requirements.
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Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Contract
Reading Borough Council is seeking a provider to deliver drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services, including harm reduction, health improvement, and recovery support using evidence-based approaches. The service should address wider social and environmental factors through integrated interventions including family safeguarding.
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Crisis Resilience Fund - Eligibility & Resilience Services
Hampshire County Council is procuring delivery of the Crisis and Resilience Fund, which provides cash crisis payments to low-income households facing financial hardship, and resilience services including debt advice, income maximisation, and affordable credit. The service must operate year-round with multi-channel self-referral for crisis payments and support community coordination.
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Construction focused training and mentoring service to increase employability amongst young people at risk of serious youth violence and who are vulnerable to exploitation
Construction-focused training, mentoring and support service for young people aged 16–18 at risk of serious youth violence across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The service will combine practical skills, accredited qualifications and wraparound support to increase employability and reduce involvement in crime.
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Appropriate Adult Service for Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and Isle of Wight
Hampshire County Council and partner councils need a single provider to supply Appropriate Adults for children, young people, and vulnerable adults in police custody across four council areas. The service also covers age assessments for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Hampshire.
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Integrated Domestic Abuse Refuge and Outreach Service for Portsmouth
Portsmouth City Council is re-tendering an integrated domestic abuse service covering refuge accommodation support and community-based floating support for victims, children, and perpetrators. The service will be trauma-informed and delivered across two core elements.
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Recovery Communities and Ambassadors
Hampshire County Council is procuring recovery communities and ambassadors services to reduce stigma around substance use and support people with drug and alcohol dependencies. The service will engage people with lived experience and strengthen local systems for early help and sustained recovery.
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RE-OPENING - Light Touch Framework for Supported Accommodation and semi-independent Living for Young People
London Borough of Ealing is reopening a light touch framework for supported accommodation for young people aged 16-17 and semi-independent living for those 18+. This is for new applicants in Region 1 (London, Surrey, Buckinghamshire) who are not already on the framework.
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Nursing & Dementia Nursing and Hotel Service at Heathlands Care Centre
Bracknell Forest Council is contracting for nursing, dementia nursing, and hotel services at Heathlands Care Centre. The service runs for an initial 5 years from April 2027, with options to extend for up to 15 further years.
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Portsmouth Advice Service
Portsmouth City Council wants an open-access advice service for adults covering housing, benefits, debt, employment, and family issues. The service must be free, confidential, and impartial, delivered in-person from Portsmouth locations, by phone, email, and home visits where needed.
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Commercial & Domestic Heating
Kent Police's employer is seeking inspection, testing, servicing, reactive maintenance and planned improvement works on heating systems across various police properties. The contract runs for multiple years with a total value of nearly £5 million.
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Brighton and Hove Council; Improving flow, process and waiting times
Brighton and Hove Council needs support to reduce delays in accessing social care assessments and reviews. The work involves reviewing and improving their present practices and processes.