Residential Children’s Homes - CiC Placements

Cornwall Council is conducting a market assessment to find out more about the level of interest within the private, independent and public sector. This market assessment is not part of any procurement process.

It is purely investigatory in nature, although it may be used to assist the Council in defining a potential preferred procurement route to advance this programme and assisting us in developing the specification for this service. Participation in this market assessment will not include or preclude any organisation from participating in any future procurement exercise.

Any responses you provide will not prejudice your involvement in any future procurement exercise. No information provided in your response will be used in any evaluation of any subsequent response to a procurement exercise.

The Council currently uses a mix of residential schools (~20 children) and residential homes (~2-5 children). It is established in working with OfSTED that there is a view that smaller 2-3 bed homes produce better outcomes given the nature of the children requiring residential care.

It is also established that those children do better to ‘step down’ to more ‘child independent’ arrangements such as Foster Care once circumstances have stabilised; avoid institutionalising children. National guidance suggests care