Delivery of Family Respect Programme

Location

Cambridgeshire CC: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Description

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is looking for a local organisation to support and work with families experiencing child to parent violence. Early evaluation has shown there is a reduction in demand on policing from families who have engaged with the 16-week Family Respect Programme. The programme has been run in the county for the past 14 months as part of a pilot funded through the Home Office Domestic Perpetrator Fund. You can access background information on the programme RYPP | Respect The opportunity to manage and deliver the programme in line with Respect guidelines and provide victim-focused support to the parents/carer through an embedded domestic abuse worker has now arisen.

Total Quantity or Scope

The successful provider will be expected to: • receive referrals from Cambridgeshire Constabulary or the Independent Domestic Violence Adviser Service (IDVA) for families who are believed to be suitable for the Family Respect Programme; • assess all referrals to decide if they are appropriate for the programme and that both the young people and the parents/carers are willing to engage; • manage and deliver the Family Respect Programme; • employ a specialist domestic abuse worker to provide appropriate advice, guidance and ‘victim-focused support’ to the parents/carer; • deliver all support in a trauma-informed way in line with key principles of trauma-informed practice published in November 2022. Working definition of trauma-informed practice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) • work in partnership with staff from Respect who will be contracted separately provide consistent training (when required), oversee delivery and support with effective evaluation. This is not intended to be an open access service. It is expected that the provider would triage more than 100 families in a 12-month period. Providers will be required to have a permanent office base in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough although sessions can be delivered both in a location to suit the families and online. Additional information: An anticipated budget of £175000 per annum, to include delivery staff and an embedded domestic abuse worker, consideration is being given to a scalable budget. Confirmed budget detail will be provided at point of Invitation to Tender.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 75122000 - Administrative healthcare services
• 85100000 - Health services
• 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
• 85323000 - Community health services
• 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** In the interest of transparency providers should be aware TUPE will apply to this contract. The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner is open to holding a Supplier Engagement Event. The anticipated date is set for January 16th, 2023. If an engagement event would be beneficial, please ensure you express interest in the PIN, and then send a message via the portal confirming your request and details. If you have any questions, please ask via the messaging portal.