Health and social work services

Tender description

This is the on-going DPS Children's Placements and Other Support Services 9 (CPOSS) A pseudo-dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for the provision of placements for children from providers of accommodation based services including independent foster and residential care and independent and non-maintained special schools (CPOSS). The DPS will consist of 4 categories. The categories and their sub-categories are as follows: DPS Categories — Category 1 Schools: (a) Residential schools; (b) Day schools; (c) Children’s Homes with education (settings dual registered as schools and children’s homes); (d) Residential short breaks for SEND *sub-categories (a) to (d) to cover placements for children with SEND and CWD; — Category 2: specialist provision institutions (Colleges); — Category 3: independent fostering agencies (IFA); — Category 4: children’s residential full details can be found within the tender pack. Category 1 covers the below sub categories: (a) Residential schools; (b) Day schools; (c) Children’s Homes with education (settings dual registered as schools and children’s homes); (d) Residential short breaks for SEND *sub-categories (a) to (d) to cover placements for children with SEND and CWD Full details of the service can be found in the tender pack at Document 02 Service Specification. Category 2 is for specialist provision institutions (Colleges) Full details can be found in the tender pack at Category 2 Document 02 — the service specification. Category 3 is for Independent Fostering Agencies (IFA) full details can be found in the tender pack at Category 3 Document 02 — the service specification. Category 4 is for children’s residential full details can be found in the tender pack at Category 4 Document 02 — the service specification.