Tender: Reprocurement of Carers Wellbeing Partnership Services – Staffordshire County Council

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Staffordshire County Council is seeking a provider to deliver the reprocured Carers Wellbeing Partnership to support implementation of the seven priority areas of the All Together for Carers Strategy 2024–2029 and to provide early intervention, prevention and wellbeing support for adult and young carers. The provision requires community-focused awareness and engagement campaigns, co-production and carer voice activities, training and education with primary care, schools and employers, a needs-led programme of preventative support (including emergency/contingency planning, emotional wellbeing, financial and benefits advice, advocacy, carer breaks, young carer transport, peer support and befriending), and an Asset Based Community Development approach incorporating a grants funding scheme to grow local support networks. The provider must ensure carers receive up-to-date information, are identified and supported, have access to timely preventive support and future planning, and that children and young people with caring responsibilities are supported, while aligning with the Council’s Digital Strategy, the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent STP Digital Programme and relevant safeguarding, data protection and quality assurance requirements. In 2024/25 the Council supported 572 adult carers and 295 young carers to receive assessments, while Census 2021 estimates 148,000 adult carers and 1,610 young carers across Staffordshire.