Kent County Council · Awarded contract

Awarded

Recruitment of Volunteer Family Coaches for Kent Family Hubs

Awarded 01 Feb 2024

View live tenders

Awarded01 Feb 2024

Value£97,450.00

SupplierMC Personnel Ltd

AgencyKent County Council

RegionSouth East

CategoryPublic Services & Welfare

Ended 1y 7mo ago1y 2mo term

Awarded 1 Feb 2024Expired 30 Mar 2025

About

Kent County Council awarded a contract to MC Personnel Ltd for the recruitment and maintenance of a network of volunteer Family Coaches integrated with the Family Hubs model in Kent.

The provider is required to recruit a minimum of 144 volunteers (12 per district) and ensure this capacity is maintained throughout the contract duration, including replacing volunteers who leave.

Volunteers must have parenting experience, demonstrate key skills and competencies, and be representative of their local communities.

The service includes proactive promotion and recruitment through various channels, running the application process with shortlisting and interviews, and working in partnership with local Family Hubs district teams.

The contract value is £97,450.

Similar open tenders12

Community Family Help Service for Children and Families – Herefordshire CouncilPublic Services & Welfare

17 Nov 2026

Leicestershire Parent and Carer Engagement Forum for Family Hubs & Best Start for Life (DfE 2026–2029)Public Services & Welfare

02 Dec 2026

Newham Best Start Family Hubs — Befriending, Navigation and Peer Support for Families (Pregnancy to Age 5)Public Services & Welfare

27 Nov 2026

Purchasing Framework for External Tuition and Mentoring for SEN Students – Kent County Council & Medway CouncilEducation & Training

27 Feb 2028

Recruitment and Matching of Volunteer Independent Visitors for Children and Young People – Hackney (London)Public Services & Welfare

09 Nov 2026

Market Engagement: Community Engagement, Outreach and Co‑production for the Healthy Child Programme – London Borough of RedbridgeHealth & Medical

18 Nov 2026

Community Healthy Child Programme – Connected Parents Support for Families (0–19, up to 25 SEND) – Wigan CouncilHealth & Medical

13 Nov 2026

Independent Visitors Service — Recruit and Match Volunteer Befrienders for Looked After Children in HackneyPublic Services & Welfare

09 Nov 2026

Re-procurement of Community and Maternity Champions Services – Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea & Westminster City CouncilHealth & Medical

13 Nov 2026

Essex Carers Hub – Countywide Specialist Support for Unpaid Carers (18+) with Young Carers Counselling and Wellbeing GrantsPublic Services & Welfare

10 Nov 2026

Repeat Care Proceedings Prevention Service for Parents – Nottingham City CouncilPublic Services & Welfare

16 Nov 2026

Wigan Council Healthy Child Programme — Community Parenting Support, Infant Feeding, Transitions & VCFSE DevelopmentHealth & Medical

13 Nov 2026

Other similar contracts12

Provision of Volunteer Training, Education, and Support for Family Hub Projects by North Northamptonshire CouncilEducation & TrainingGoal17

$89,500

Delivery of Family Hubs Volunteer Academy Program by North Northamptonshire CouncilPublic Services & WelfareNON - AWARD

Award of Kirklees Families Together Area Partnerships (Family Hubs) VCSE Coordination ServicesPublic Services & WelfareFresh Futures,Local Services 2 You

$299,979.6

Trauma-Informed Healing-Centred Training for Family Hubs Workforce by Kent County CouncilEducation & TrainingAngel Lane CIC

$125,735

Provision of Community Development Officers for Family Hubs Programme in LincolnshirePublic Services & WelfareFamily Action

$536,424

Marketing and Social Media Management Services for Kent Family HubPublic Services & WelfarePillory Barn Limited

$79,985

UX, User Research, and Content Design for Family Hub Digital PlatformIT & SoftwareInvuse Ltd

$78,792

Provision of Volunteer Delivered Family Support Service by Connection SupportPublic Services & WelfareConnection Support

$740,550

Delivery Partner for Foster Care Recruitment Support HubsConsultancy & LegalMutual Ventures Limited

$996,554.97

Non-Award of Family Hubs Volunteer Academy Training Program by North Northamptonshire CouncilEducation & TrainingPLEASE NOTE THIS TENDER RESULTED IN NON AWARD.

$90,000

Early Help and Family Hub Fieldwork Consultancy for West Northamptonshire CouncilConsultancy & LegalBasis Ltd

$33,125

Operation of Family Hubs and Community Provision in SandwellPublic Services & WelfareBarnardo's Central Region

$7,967,677

Unlock the full platform.

7 days free, then £36/GBP per month. Cancel anytime.

What you get

Find

Find public services and welfare tenders in South East in one place.

We monitor central, devolved and local government portals in near real time and update the feed as tenders are published, so you check one place instead of many.

Search by keyword, or describe your workType a keyword, or switch to AI search and say what your business does.

Narrow it downFilter by category, region and area, or view open tenders on a map.

Alerts

Open tenders like this contract, sent to you.

Tell us what you are looking for and we email you when a matching tender is published.

Set it up your wayUse keywords, a description of your work, a location or a distance from a postcode. Up to 10 alerts.

Instant or dailyGet an email when a match is published, or one summary a day.

Gmail

OutlookAny other inboxWorks with any email address

GovMarketto you

7:00 am

2 new public services and welfare tenders

Community Family Help Service for Children and Families – Herefordshire CouncilPublic Services & Welfare · Closes 17 Nov 2026

Leicestershire Parent and Carer Engagement Forum for Family Hubs & Best Start for Life (DfE 2026–2029)Public Services & Welfare · Closes 2 Dec 2026

From your alert: Public Services & Welfare

Assess

Size up a tender in minutes.

Before you open a single document, get the requirements, a likely value and who you would be up against.

Requirements from the documentsWho can bid, mandatory criteria, how it is scored, insurance and key dates, each with its source.

Value and competitionAn estimated value from similar awarded contracts, and the suppliers most likely to bid.

Market

Follow MC Personnel Ltd and get alerts when they win again.

Awarded contracts with the supplier and the value, so you can check prices, spot competitors and find work that is coming back to tender.

Supplier and buyer profilesWhat each one has won or awarded, who they work with, and how that is changing.

Contracts ending soonTerms that finish in the next 12 months, which often go back out to tender.

Pipeline

Track your bids from interested to won.

Save a tender in one click and move it through each stage as you work on it.

Work as a teamInvite colleagues so you work from the same list.

Take it with youExport tenders and matches to CSV.

GovBot

Ask a question in plain English.

Find tenders, look up a supplier, or check who won a contract. Just type what you need.

Get started

Get public services and welfare tenders in South East by email.

Find the tender, size it up and track the bid, in one place.

7 days free, then £36/GBP per month

Recruitment of Volunteer Family Coaches for Kent Family Hubs

About

Unlock the full platform.

Find public services and welfare tenders in South East in one place.

Open tenders like this contract, sent to you.

Size up a tender in minutes.

Follow MC Personnel Ltd and get alerts when they win again.

Track your bids from interested to won.

Ask a question in plain English.

Get public services and welfare tenders in South East by email.

7 Day Free Trial

You're In — Free Trial Activated