Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c72-4c05-71c2-a08a-e1c03e315ff9/consultancy-for-the-redesign-of-the-ehcp-service-in-children-services-send awarded GB direct award procedure Suitable for SMEs # Consultancy for the redesign of the EHCP service in Children Services SEND [Gloucestershire County Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/gloucestershire-county-council) Estimated value £115,080 Published 14 Apr 2021 Deadline Closed 2 Apr 2021 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The consultant shall undertake the implementation of the signed-off EHCP proposal and recommendations for a redesign of the service and the pathway development in line with requirements set out below.\\r \\r ### Governance\\r • Adhere to the governance arrangements of the programme to ensure sign off at each stage of the service redesign. \\r • Attend the Spend Redesign project boards every 6-8 weeks, and present to the programme board and leadership teams as required. \\r • Provide status reports and briefings to inform the project/programme highlight reports. \\r \\r ### Stakeholder management \\r • Engage with the SROs of the JAN & High Needs Transformation Programme, the programme team and workstream leads to develop an understanding of the local context of work and in particular the JHNTP objectives.\\r • Engage and drive change by gaining buy-in and ownership of the EHCP team through a collaborative and coproduction approach.\\r • Engage users of the service to ensure the pathway development of the service redesign is coproduced. \\r • Communicate with the wider Children Services directorate throughout the contract period the developments in the service changes and utilising the existing web channels, webinar forums and boards. \\r ### Interdependencies\\r • Coordinate the interdependencies of the Banded Funding initiative and integrate the Graduated Pathway to the EHCP redesign to enable early intervention. \\r • Thresholds for agreeing to assess and for agreeing to place into special and independent special schools.\\r • Contributions of social care and health to plans\\r • Volume of Tribunals/reason for these and position of the LA and quality of defensible position.\\r ### Digitalisation\\r • Optimise digitalisation of case work and the service as a whole whilst ensuring integration to the wider system and interfaces. \\r • Integration of a compliance module to the EHCP Capita1 system for statutory requirements to be digitalised. \\r ### Evaluation and outcomes framework \\r • Benchmark other local authorities EHCP services for innovation and new approaches to inform and shape the re-design including regional and national scoping to measure GCC position against other LA's in terms of plans, costs, approach.\\r • Establish the baseline data and onward meaningful data dashboards for the service, including appropriate benchmarking tools against the national profile, including forecasting of emerging trends. \\r • Establish a performance management and competencies framework for the service that aligns to PDRs and training requirements and engenders a child centred approach. \\r • Identify knowledge and skills gaps and arrange the delivery of any relevant training. \\r • Establish an evaluation, quality assurance, and continuous improvement cycle and approach for the EHCP service.\\r \\r - Detailed deliverables\\r \\r ### EHCP Pathway Redesign\\r • Redesign the EHCP pathway from assessment through to planning and review, removing unnecessary steps, improving communication flow, and ensuring that the voice of the child, yo Read full description ## CPV classification Research and development services and related consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/6aaebc38-f734-40f3-a6c4-65c06acaf39c) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. 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