Social care & community in South West
Public sector contract notices in social care & community covering South West, from Find a Tender.
Social care & community notices in South West
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Children’s Advocacy and Independent Visitors Service
Swindon Borough Council wants a single provider to deliver children's advocacy and independent visitor services. The service covers 1200 advocacy hours annually and maintaining 18 independent visitor relationships at any one time.
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Stalking Perpetrator Intervention, Independent Victim Advocacy and System Wide Training
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall wants a specialist service to work with stalking perpetrators, provide independent victim advocacy, and deliver training across the three-force area. The service will sit within the multi-agency response and support Home Office funding objectives.
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Plymouth Adults' Care Home Framework (Reopening 2)
Plymouth City Council is reopening its framework for registered residential and nursing care homes in the PL postcode area. Homes can join by tendering for standard provision, innovation-focused provision, or both lots.
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Resettlement and Migration Support Services
Teignbridge District Council is commissioning a coordinated refugee and migration support service across the district. The service will support people resettled through schemes like Homes for Ukraine and other refugee resettlement programmes, building on existing partnership arrangements.
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ITT - Inclusive Consultants Framework - UID 173
Historic England is building a framework of external consultants to advise on inclusive programming and address gaps in staff and project representation. They will appoint up to 20 consultants and allocate work via mini-competitions and direct award.
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Framework Agreement for the Procurement of Occupational Health Counselling Services
Gloucestershire County Council is establishing a framework agreement to procure occupational health counsellors to support employee health and wellbeing services. The framework runs for the period covered by the agreement with a total value of £370,000.
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Homelessness Supported Accommodation Services (HSAS)
Cornwall Council is appointing providers to deliver supported accommodation and specialist homelessness services across Cornwall, including services for adults, young people, care experienced young people, trauma stabilisation outreach, and through-the-gate mentoring for people leaving custody.
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Shared Lives
Cornwall Council is procuring Shared Lives placements for adults with learning disabilities, autism, older people, and those with mental health conditions who live with and receive care from host families. The service currently supports 115 long-term placements and 60 short-break users across Cornwall.
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Resilience, Inclusion, Strengths and Enablement (RISE)
Cornwall Council is commissioning trauma-informed prevention and enablement services for adults experiencing homelessness, mental health issues, substance use, neurodivergence or learning disabilities. The services aim to help people secure and keep housing, develop life skills, and build resilience.
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Overnight Short Break Respite and Residential Accommodation and Support for Disabled/SEND Children
Swindon Borough Council seeks a provider to run an overnight short break respite home and complex needs residential facility for disabled and SEND children within Swindon. The service must operate as a single home delivering both respite stays and longer-term residential placements.
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Temporary Accommodation, Off-the-Streets Accommodation, Accommodation-based Services and Floating Support Framework
Exeter City Council is establishing a four-lot framework to deliver temporary accommodation, emergency rough sleeper beds, accommodation with intensive support, and floating support services for homeless and vulnerable people. The council will call off services via mini competitions or direct awards as needed.
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Plymouth Adults' Care Home Framework (Reopening 1)
Plymouth City Council is reopening its adults' care home framework to add registered residential and nursing care homes in the PL postcode area. Providers will offer accommodation and support ranging from daily living assistance to complex nursing care.
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Provision of youth service
Totton & Eling Town Council is seeking an organisation to take over running the Garage Youth Centre, a purpose-built facility on Eling Recreation Ground. The centre currently operates as a drop-in for ages 9–18 with recreational activities, music, craft, and physical spaces, open term-time afternoons Tuesday to Friday.
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Re-opening of the Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) Open Framework
Torbay Council is opening a framework for organisations to deliver holiday activities and meals for eligible schoolchildren during school holidays. An estimated 1,000–1,300 children per holiday period will participate, with delivery expected over multiple school holiday periods.
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Care Home Services (Older People)
Cornwall Council is re-contracting nursing and residential care services for older people at existing registered care homes across Cornwall. The contract runs from April 2026 for an initial four years with options to extend twice for two years each.
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(REPUBLISHED FOLLOWING REVISED SPECIFICATION) 1118- Out of Court Resolution (OOCR) Intervention Pathways in Wiltshire & Swindon
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire wants providers to deliver out-of-court resolution intervention pathways across Wiltshire and Swindon. The work includes a dedicated women's pathway, domestic abuse perpetrator behaviour change programmes (face-to-face and online), and a broader online interventions package for various offence types.
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Supported Temporary Accommodation Framework (STAF)
Bristol City Council is establishing a framework for Registered Providers to supply supported temporary accommodation for homeless people. The aim is to reduce reliance on privately owned emergency accommodation while meeting interim housing demand.
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Re- opening of Alternative Provision, Short Breaks and Early Intervention Framework
Swindon Borough Council is reopening a framework for providers to deliver alternative education, short breaks, and early intervention services for children. This is year two of a four-year framework established in May 2025.
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Regulated Reablement
Cornwall Council is seeking provision of regulated reablement services to help people regain independence and skills after illness or other events. Services should enable people to develop confidence, maximise independence, and improve access to their communities.
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All Age Direct Payment Support Service
Swindon Borough Council is commissioning an outcome-based support service to help adults and children manage direct payments as part of self-directed support. The service will be community-led and locally managed.
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Strategic Partner to Operate 2 Residential Children's Homes in Bath & North East Somerset
B&NES Council is seeking a single strategic partner to operate two 4-bed residential children's homes for children aged 11–18 with autism and complex SEMH needs in Keynsham. The homes will be co-located with a new special school and services commence September 2027.
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NDC0076-26 - Supporting Rough Sleepers or those at Risk of Rough Sleeping Flex Accommodation and Support
North Devon District Council is commissioning a floating support service for people sleeping rough or at risk of rough sleeping. The service combines flexible accommodation with support tailored to individual needs.
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Out of Court Resolution (OOCR) Intervention Pathways in Wiltshire & Swindon
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire wants providers to deliver out-of-court resolution pathways for offenders across Wiltshire and Swindon. This includes a women-specific pathway, domestic abuse perpetrator behaviour change programmes, and online interventions covering multiple offence types, all available as flexible multi-pathway access.
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CSC26044 Supported Accommodation for Young Parents
Torbay Council is seeking providers to run supported accommodation for young parents aged 16–24. Up to two providers will be appointed across two lots: one for mixed Ofsted and non-Ofsted units serving ages 16–24, and one for non-Ofsted accommodation for ages 18–24.
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Provision of Social worker services for BFSAI
The Ministry of Defence needs social workers to provide welfare services to British Forces and their families in the South Atlantic Islands. The work includes both non-statutory and statutory social care, adapted to a military environment and the specific needs of a remote military community.