Purpose

Surrey County Council (SCC) has a statutory duty to support
disabled children, young people and their families. Personal
Support is part of the short breaks offer but is a specialist
service and is only available following assessment. 
 
Personal Support is home-based care, primarily used by
SCC’s Children with Disabilities team to provide families
with respite care (short break), in accordance with their assessed
needs. Personal support may also be used to provide other types of
support such as emergency or crisis support and support outside the
home for children and young people to access and be included in
social and leisure actives in their local communities.
 
The
services provided through the new contract will be available to all
of the Children’s Services teams and the procurement value
reflects this scope.
 
The
new DPS for Personal Support Services will commence on
1st April 2024 and it will be in place for 3 years, up
to 31st March 2027. There is also an available extension
of 2 years taking this to 31st March 2029.
 

Content

Decision made:
 
It
was AGREED that:
 
1.
Surrey County Council will award a DPS to deliver Personal Support
Services.
2.
All Call off contracts for individual placements via a mini
competition or direct awards made under the DPS will be approved by
the Director of Commissioning and/or Head of Service.