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DHSC: ASC: Best Practice Training Material Transition From Children to ASC

Department of Health & Social Care

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Department of Health & Social Care

Buyer Address: 39 Victoria Street, London, UKI32, SW1H 0EU, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Nusheen Kauser

Contact Email: nusheen.kauser@dhsc.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
250000.0 GBP
Published
11 Mar 2026, 14:23
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
29 Mar 2026, 23:00
Contract End
01 Mar 2027, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
85000000 - Health and social work services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Social Care Institute of Excellence
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Background His Majesty’s Government (HMG) works to deliver better life chances for all – breaking the link between background and success. We do this by protecting children and ensuring the delivery of higher standards of education, training and care. The variation and poor quality of the transition from children’s services into ASC is a problem raised in many reports. Improving this transition is important for supporting young people with special educational needs and disabilities to get the right support and to live as independently as possible in adulthood. We are seeking to address the cultural and join-up problems by upskilling the social care sector via a set of best practice training materials and guidelines. The guidelines should be overarching principles for good transitions, drawing on existing materials such as NICE guidelines . These materials will improve the transitions capabilities of both children and adult social workers and leaders in the sector. The development of deliverables, and decisions as to their format, must be informed by engagement with those with lived experience of the transition into ASC (this should include young people, young carers, family, unpaid carers, relevant education settings and practitioners working in the sector).

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Awards

Award Title: DHSC: ASC: Best Practice Training Material Transition From Children to ASC

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