Contract to provide services for people with learning disabilities in Islington
Islington Council is inviting applications to provide non-statutory services for people with Learning Disabilities and their families and carers.
The duration of the contract is three years with an option to extend for a further two years.
The Council's current services consist of a range of activities for people with Learning Disabilities aged 18 and over including:
- Support and advocacy to both people with Learning Disabilities and families/carers.
- Training on Learning Disability awareness and issues for external organisations.
- Providing independent Service User and Family/Carer led monitoring visits to other Learning Disability services in Islington.
- Giving people with Learning Disabilities a voice on the Islington Learning Disability Partnership Board.
Services will be divided into three groups and applicants will be able to bid for all three groups. A maximum of four bids will be shortlisted for each group.
Applicants will be required to:
- Demonstrate a minimum track record of three years providing services to people with Learning Disabilities.
- Support fair wages for staff delivering the Advocacy Services and the Social Inclusion and Leisure Opportunities contracts by paying the London Living Wage, with fair sickness, union and leave entitlements.
Applicants are advised that:
Individualised budgets will form part of the new services.
TUPE may apply to the services.
Deadline for Expressions of Interest is 12pm on 9 November 2011.
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