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Tender: Independent Critical Friend Service – Select List for Hartlepool & Stockton-on-Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership

Released about 3 years ago

Closes31 Oct 2027

Likely valueEstimate£45K to £80KInflation adjusted

LocationNorth East

AgencyHartlepool Borough Council

SourceProContract

CategoryConsultancy & Legal

359 days leftCloses Sun, 31 Oct 2027

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Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership (HSSCP) is seeking suitably qualified and experienced individuals to act as an 'Independent Critical Friend' to provide advice on multi-agency practice and service delivery across the whole safeguarding system. Interested suppliers must complete Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the attached application form and submit them to [email protected]; earlier applications will be evaluated sooner. The Select List is envisaged to be operational from 1 November 2023 for an initial period of up to four years, with an option to extend for a further two years subject to performance and funding, and applications will remain open until 31 October 2027 when the list will be reviewed.

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