0-19 Healthy Child Programme, Supporting Families and Family Hubs at Lincolnshire County Council - Find a freedom of information request

0-19 Healthy Child Programme, Supporting Families and Family Hubs at Lincolnshire County Council:

1. What is the current 0-19 Healthy Child Programme contract duration (start date and end date)?

2. What is the current 0-19 Healthy Child Programme total contract value?

3. Who is the current lead supplier and subcontractors of the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme?

4. Has a decision been made as to whether the current contract for the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme is being extended or renewed?

5. Is there an extension clause in place for the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme? If so, what is the duration of the extension and when would the first extension take effect if the clause was applied?

6. Please provide a copy of the full Invitation to Tender (ITT) published when the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme contract was last advertised.

7. Is any provision within the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme delivered online/digitally/virtually? If so, please provide details as to the nature of the provision/product on offer for families.

Please note, Question 7 is asking generally about your 0-19 Healthy Child Programme provision and if there is any digital aspect to the service offer at present.

8. Please provide a list of the suppliers who applied and who were successful and not successful when the Healthy Child Programme contract was last commissioned.

9. Who is the commissioning officer with the council responsible for the Healthy Child Programme?

10.What are the timelines for recommissioning your 0-19 Healthy Child Programme?

Supporting Families

11. Please provide a list of the suppliers who applied and who were successful and not successful when the Supporting Families contract was last commissioned.

12. Who is the commissioning officer with the council responsible for Supporting Families?

Family Hubs

13. Who is the commissioning officer responsible for the Family Hubs contract?

14. Please provide a list of the suppliers delivering the current Family Hubs offer.

1. We do not commission a 0-19 Healthy Child Programme contract.  The Children's Health Service 0-19 was insourced into the Council in 2017 who support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme in Lincolnshire.

2. Not Applicable.

3. Not Applicable.

4. Not Applicable.

5. Not Applicable.

6. Not Applicable.

7. As part of the inhouse 0-19 Children’s Health Service they provide three different online support groups in relation to behaviour, sleep and toileting skills. These are to offer advice and guidance to parents/carers around these topics. Currently, some of the health visitors are either accredited or training to be accredited in evidence-based VIG (Video Interaction Guidance) which allows them to use video to help support parents/carers with their interaction/bonding and attachment with their child through feedback.  This service has a YouTube page which holds currently 24 videos which offer advice and support across multiple themes such as parental wellbeing, accident prevention, etc.

8. Not Applicable.

9. Not Applicable.

10. Not Applicable.

11. The Supporting Families programme is delivered in house by the Council and is not commissioned.

12. Not Applicable.

13. Family Hubs in Lincolnshire is delivered in-house with commissioned suppliers supporting aspects of delivery.  Senior Commissioning Officer assigned to Family Hubs programme is Melissa Bennett-Shaul.

14. Please see below.

The suppliers who have been commissioned to support the development of the Family Hubs programme in Lincolnshire are: