Awarded contract

Health workforce specification for children in complex situations at risk of deprivation of liberty

Details

Buyer: Department for Education
Supplier(s): Anna Freud/UCL/SLaM
Value: £149,510
Duration: 5 months
Topic: Health services
Published: 8 July 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The contract delivers the design and development of a comprehensive toolkit and subject matter expert support to upskill health and children’s social care professionals in trauma-informed approaches, enabling the effective implementation of a co-located model for children in care, particularly those at risk of or subject to deprivation of liberty. The scope includes the development of a competency framework, training options, toolkit resources, training delivery, and supervision structures to support evidence-informed, trauma-focused practice. The service strengthens the Home Again pilots by embedding trauma-focused expertise within children’s services, improving multi-agency and clinically informed working, enhancing support for children in care, and enabling earlier, better coordinated interventions to reduce escalation to crisis and the use of deprivation of liberty orders, while meeting NHS quality assurance and clinical standards. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published8 July 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date8 July 2026
Next: Contract expiry date27 November 2026in 2 months

About the buyer

The Department for Education is a ministerial department responsible for children's services and education policy in England, procuring both for itself and its executive agencies. Requirements are advertised on the Find a Tender service, published through the department's Jaggaer etendering system. Suppliers awarded a contract must register on the Central Digital Platform. Framework purchases follow the matching Crown Commercial Service terms. Many contracts are let on standard government terms, such as Cabinet Office short-form or model services agreements. Schools and academy trusts buy separately, using framework options the department reviews and approves in advance.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Education's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and education and training.

Relevant CPV codes

85100000 · Health services
85310000 · Social work services

Decision makers

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