Frameworks/Supplier Lists for Supervision of Families in Children’s Services
Case reference FOI2025/02048
Received 16 October 2025
Published 31 October 2025
Request
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please could you provide details of any current frameworks, approved provider lists, or contractual arrangements that your Local Authority has in place relating to the supervision of families within Children’s Services.
Specifically, I am interested in services that involve:
* Supervised contact between children and family members
* Family support or intervention services delivered in the home or community
* Any specialist supervision services commissioned as part of safeguarding or child protection plans
For each relevant framework or supplier list, I would be grateful if you could include:
1. The name and scope of the framework or arrangement.
2. The start and end dates of the current agreement.
3. The names of any providers currently approved or contracted under the framework.
4. The process by which new providers can apply to join or be considered.
5. The contact details for the team or individual responsible for commissioning these services.
Response
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please could you provide details of any current frameworks, approved provider lists, or contractual arrangements that your Local Authority has in place relating to the supervision of families within Children’s Services.
Specifically, I am interested in services that involve:
* Supervised contact between children and family members
* Family support or intervention services delivered in the home or community
Answer: The Service Area have advised family support or intervention services delivered in the home or community are commissioned as short breaks services.
* Any specialist supervision services commissioned as part of safeguarding or child protection plans
For each relevant framework or supplier list, I would be grateful if you could include:
1. The name and scope of the framework or arrangement.
Answer: The Service Area have advised the following:
o 2 contracts awarded to single providers to deliver assessed daytime group activity short breaks for disabled children. Start date Autumn 2023 and end date of October 2026, with option to extend for a further 12 months.
o One contract awarded to a single provider for the provision of assessed daytime individual short breaks for disabled children. Start date November 2023, and end date of 31 November 2026 with option to extend for a further 12 months.
2. The start and end dates of the current agreement.
Answer: Please see the response to Q1 above.
3. The names of any providers currently approved or contracted under the framework.
Answer: N/A – this is not a framework arrangement.
4. The process by which new providers can apply to join or be considered.
Answer: The Service Area have advised there are no options to join as it’s not a framework arrangement.
5. The contact details for the team or individual responsible for commissioning these services.
Answer: The Service Area have advised the contact responsible for commissioning these services is sgriffiths3@herefordshire.gov.uk
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