Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b9d-3860-705e-b44d-a9e76e0f7536/independent-adoption-support-services closed GB open procedure # Independent Adoption Support Services [Kent County Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/kent-county-council) Estimated value Not stated Published 20 Apr 2023 Deadline Closed 19 May 2023 ## Who can bid - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender APSE seeks to commission independent adoption support services which provides support for those affected by adoption by recognising that its effects extend to the entire family from the adoptee, adoptive families and birth families and acknowledging that its impact can last a lifetime. APSE will fulfil its statutory requirements by: - Ensuring the provision of a high-quality adoption service which guarantees the best possible standards of care, safety and protection for children or young people who are looked after and who need adoptive placements - Ensuring that all those whose lives have been affected by adoption are helped to identify and receive appropriate services - Working in partnership with adoptive families and other agencies ensuring the service is based on statutory requirements and good practice within the principles of value for money for the agency. These independent adoption support services are for those affected by adoption, specifically for the following: - Support for birth parents - Access to information and intermediary services for adult adoptees and birth relatives - Staying in Touch (Contact) Services for adopted children. The services to be delivered comprise of 4 distinct elements with each underpinned by a legislative framework: - An independent support service to Birth Parents The provision of a support and counselling service to birth parents prior to an adoption taking place where a child is (or children are) in care and looked after by the local authority and for whom adoption has been identified as the plan. - An access to Birth Records and intermediary service for Adult Adoptees This service assists adopted persons, either adopted through the local authority or who are resident within the areas covered by Adoption Partnership South East (APSE), and who are aged 18 years and over, to obtain information in relation to their adoption, and to facilitate contact between such persons and their adult birth relatives. - Access to information and an intermediary service for Birth Relatives and those with a Prescribed relationship To provide access to non-identifying information regarding the adoption, advice and support to birth relatives aged 18 years and over, and those with a prescribed relationship who require intermediary services, when the adoptee has reached age 18 years and over. - Staying in Touch (Contact Services - Direct and Indirect) The provision of a contact service for children under the age of 18 years who have been adopted and have contact with their birth relatives. The contact services include both an indirect letterbox service and a direct contact service (face to face). Read full description ## CPV classification Social work and related services Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-03c255-2023-04-20T13:56:25+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-03c255-2023-04-20T13:56:25+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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