Bradford Children’s Services - Children and Young Person’s Occupational Therapy Service
City of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilEstimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
6 July 2026
Published
8 June 2026
Type
services
Overview
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (‘the Council’) is commissioning a provider to deliver a full Social Care Occupational Therapy Service for Children and Young People (CYPOT). The primary role is to assess a child or young person in the community, home base, and support them to increase independence and engagement in everyday activities.
Key points
- support children and young people with physical disabilities, complex health needs, neurodiverse needs including ASD and behaviours that challenge
- promote quality of life for children, young people, families and carers
- help children and young people to remain at home cared for by their families, and to enable them to be as independent as possible and / or reduce carers strain by making provision of appropriate and necessary equipment and adaptations.
- assess needs utilising a strength-based approach and support Children and Young People with their assessed needs.
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Bradford Council is looking for an occupational therapy provider to deliver support services for children and young people aged 0-18 with disabilities, complex health needs, or neurodevelopmental conditions like autism. The service will assess each child at home, provide equipment and home adaptations, and help them become more independent while supporting their families.
Requirements
- Must be able to deliver occupational therapy services to children and young people with physical disabilities
- Must support children and young people with complex health needs and neurodevelopmental conditions (including autism spectrum disorder)
- Must support children and young people with behaviours that challenge
- Must be able to work in community settings and family homes across Bradford
- Must use a strength-based assessment approach
- Must be able to provide or facilitate equipment and home adaptations
- Check full tender documents for professional registration, insurance, safeguarding, and staffing qualifications
Key Tasks & Deliverables
- Conduct occupational therapy assessments of children and young people in their homes and community settings
- Assess children's ability to engage in everyday activities and independence levels
- Recommend and provide (or source) equipment and adaptations to help children remain at home with their families
- Support children and young people to increase independence in daily activities
- Provide advice and support to families and carers to reduce carer strain
- Work with children with autism, physical disabilities, complex health needs, and challenging behaviours
- Maintain records and report on service outcomes and quality of life improvements
How to Read This Tender
- 1This is a Social Care service, not health — understand that Bradford Council (not the NHS) is the commissioner, so you'll be accountable to local authority safeguarding, monitoring, and performance standards, not NHS processes.
- 2The phrase 'strength-based approach' is important — the tender will likely expect you to focus on what children *can* do and their abilities, not just deficits; review the full spec to see how they measure this.
- 3Watch for the contract value, contract length, and whether this is for a single team or multiple locations across Bradford — these affect whether you can deliver it alone or need partners.
- 4Look carefully at the 'behaviours that challenge' requirement — this signals you need staff trained in positive behaviour support; check if the council specifies particular training standards.
- 5The mention of 'equipment and adaptations' may mean you need relationships with suppliers or ability to coordinate with contractors; clarify in the full tender whether you provide these or just recommend and commission them.
Tips for Small Businesses
- Consider partnering with or subcontracting to an established occupational therapy provider if you're new to this — councils often prefer bidders with proven delivery track records, and a consortium with specialists + your local knowledge can be competitive.
- Emphasize any existing relationships with families, schools, or disability support organizations in Bradford in your bid — councils score social value highly, so showing you'll employ local staff and work with local partners strengthens your proposal.
- Factor in the full cost of delivering this: staff salary (OTs are specialist roles), travel time across Bradford's area, training (safeguarding, autism, behaviour support), equipment/adaptation costs, and admin/reporting — many small providers underestimate these and lose money.
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City of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilKey Dates
Published
8 June 2026
Submission deadline
6 July 2026
Notice type
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Source
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