The Council is looking to develop a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS) for the delivery of a Generic Domiciliary Care and Emergency Support to Carers Service.
The Council is seeking applications from suitably qualified and experienced organisations / companies evidencing that they meet the requirements outlined in the service specification and contract agreement for appointment onto the PDPS to deliver the service.
The Breastfeeding Promotion and Community Peer Support Service, builds community capacity to support breastfeeding and work as part of a multi-agency approach alongside the Council, local businesses and the health, education and social care economy within the Wakefield District to normalise breastfeeding in the district and support improvements in breastfeeding outcomes.
Wakefield Council is looking to engage a Service Provider to deliver all requirements of the modernised 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP) to ensure ALL children, young people and their families receive the full service offer that includes evidence-based programme of interventions, including but not limited to screening tests, immunisations, developmental reviews, and information and guidance to support parenting and healthy choices. The HCP framework outlines all services that children and families need to receive if they are to achieve their optimum health and wellbeing.
The Council is looking to develop a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (Pseudo DPS) for the delivery of care and support services.
The Council is seeking applications from suitably qualified and experienced organisations / companies evidencing that they meet the requirements for registration, competency and capacity in accordance with the Service Specification and Contract Agreement, within the Wakefield Metropolitan District (Wakefield District) to deliver My Life Services.
Providers can apply to be on the PDSP to provide services for one or more of the following service user groups:
• Learning Disabilities
• Autism
• Acquired Brain Injuries
The Specialist Stop Smoking Service forms an integral part of Wakefield Council Public Health outcomes related to smoking which is in parallel with the National Tobacco Control Plan for England and the national ambition of a Smokefree England by 2030.
The Service will give particular focus to areas of high smoking prevalence, those from poorer backgrounds, those in routine and manual occupations, pregnant women, people with serious mental health problems, and ethnic minority groups.
The service will provide an impartial information, advice and support services to children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities and their families (SENDIASS) as well as the publication and management of a Local Offer website, setting out in one place information about provision they expect to be available across education, health and social care for children and young people in their area who have special educational needs or disabilities, including those who do not have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), in order to fulfil the statutory duty. In addition, short term key-working for families with SEND related needs that require coordinated support over and above what is available via the main SENDIASS service will be provided.
The Local Authority has a statutory duty to provide those children and young people supported by Children's social care and with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities with an independent Advocate.