Award of Independent Adoption Support Services Framework to Post-Adoption Centre

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North Yorkshire County Council awarded a contract to Post-Adoption Centre for the provision of independent adoption support services under a framework agreement for use by local authorities and regional adoption agencies in Yorkshire and Humber.

The framework, tendered under regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for social and other specific services, has a duration of three years with two optional one-year extensions, for a total possible term of five years.

The service scope includes an advice line for birth families, adopted adults, and adopters (five days a week, three hours a day, with two early evening sessions until 7pm); support for adopted adults including schedule 2 counselling and intermediary services (core offer up to three sessions with review for further work, and group work where appropriate); proactive birth parent support and counselling (with group work where appropriate); independent support for adoptive parents (core offer up to three sessions with review for further sessions, and group work where appropriate); support for adopted teenagers including a website, online chat forum, and a Youth Council across Yorkshire and Humber with social events to use views and experiences to improve policy and practice; improving the participation of adopters' views in service development and delivery across the region; and improving the participation of birth parents.

The contract value is AUD 2,486,370.