Tender: Overnight and Short Breaks Respite Service for Children and Young People (5–18) with SEND – Tower Hamlets

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The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is seeking a supplier for a high-quality Overnight and Related Short Breaks service for children and young people (CYP) with special educational needs and/or disabilities aged 5 to 18 who live in the borough. The service will provide essential support to enable CYP with a disability to take part in everyday family life, try new activities, build independence and make friends while offering parents and carers respite; it is split into two lots: Lot 1 for CYP with autism spectrum condition (ASC) accompanied by severe learning disabilities and/or behaviour that is challenging, and Lot 2 for CYP with complex health needs (CN), including physical and/or learning disabilities, those who require palliative care (continuing care) and those with associated sensory impairments. Each lot must deliver overnight weekend short breaks during term-time, day weekend placements, overnight holiday short breaks during school half-terms and afterschool clubs, and providers must have experience working with disabled CYP and access to an appropriate Ofsted-registered residential setting(s) in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that is owned or leased by the provider for the duration of the contract with capacity for up to 5 children under each respective lot; services should be delivered flexibly using a person-centred approach that responds to changing family needs.