1. FAMILY INTERVENTION PROJECT (FIP) Intense, targeted support for children, young people and families with multiple and complex needs ENGAGEMENT EVENT 26 th October 2011

2. Programme Welcome & Background to FIP – Angela D’Annunzio Key priorities - FIP’s – Angela D’Annunzio The procurement process and timescales – Ian Thompson Support During Process Questions

3. Family Intervention Projects Initial aims to: – reduce anti social behaviour and its negative impact on the community – reduce criminal behaviour – prevent homelessness and improve outcomes for all family members – target and work intensively with families facing multiple problems and disadvantage – enable children and young people to reach their full potential FIP’s are designed specifically to tackle and challenge the root causes of all forms of exclusion and anti social behaviour.

4. Background to Family Intervention Projects Four FIP’s were established in Liverpool due to funding and grant streams that came from Central Government: – 2007: Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) FIP – 2009: Youth Crime FIP – 2010: Registered Social Landlord (RSL) FIP – 2010: Women Offenders FIP Due to significant budget reductions in 2011/2012 the ASB, RSL and women offenders FIP were integrated into one general FIP. The Youth Crime FIP sits within the Youth Offending Service.

5. 8 critical features of the FIP model 1.Recruitment and retention of high quality staff 2.Key worker model 3.Small caseloads 4.Whole family approach 5.Staying involved for as long as necessary 6.Scope to use resources creatively 7.Balancing sanctions with support 8.Effective Multi Agency relationships

6. Other Benefits Family Intervention projects have the capacity to address high level, high cost issues normally met within the top tier of need, whilst addressing other problems at tier 2 such as: – mental health – substance misuse – school attendance – general parenting issues. Intensive intervention provided before or as an alternative to children being accommodated by the local authority can also reduce the number of families requiring intensive and costly mainstream services

7. Integrated FIP Model Aims and Objectives : – To prevent repeat cycles of homelessness and family breakdown arising as a result of Anti-Social Behaviour – To provide a ‘twin track’ approach to both challenge and support families in order to achieve desired outcomes and sustain positive changes in behaviour. – To provide a range of intensive, specialist behavioural interventions to support families in retaining their current homes with the aim of avoiding legal action / eviction where possible.

8. Aims and Objectives cont: – To maximise the effectiveness of working in partnership with existing services to meet the multiple and complex needs of children, young people and their families. – To establish a ‘whole family’ approach that recognises the interconnections of problems faced by different family members. – Promote social inclusion for families and assist in providing better outcomes in relation to health, education and well being. – To increase community stability by enabling and supporting families to life peacefully and to fully engage and participate in their communities.

9. The FIP Eligibility Criteria Families with a least one child under 18 years Pattern of anti-social behaviour linked to a particular address Families who have poor relationships with neighbours and high levels of complaints Risk of eviction to tenancy either by the housing provider or private landlord, related to anti-social behaviour Women involved with lower level crimes such as prostitution, shop lifting, handling stolen goods, public order offences etc

10. Essential Key Elements Formal consent of the Family to intervention and sharing of data All cases subject to a ‘Whole Family’ Assessment Robust Support Plans Multi Agency Reviews Exit Strategy (planned disengagement)

11. Quality Assessment & Performance Monitoring The FIP Service Provider will: – Be expected to work within a range of quality Assessment & performance Monitoring frameworks – Ensure that information and records are accurately maintained and kept up to date – Be expected to produce monthly monitoring reports on a range of customer outputs and outcomes

12. Outcomes – Reduction in housing enforcement actions – Reduction in Anti Social Behaviour complaints – Reduction in truancy, exclusion and challenging behaviour within schools – Reduction in the number of Domestic Violence incidents

13. Outcomes cont: – Reduction in offending rates – Improvement in behaviour of children as a result of the delivery of evidence based parent support projects – Improved outcomes for all family members. – Increased community stability

14. Corporate Procurement Officer Ian Thompson (MCIPS)

15. Tender Opportunity FAMILY INTERVENTION PROJECT (FIP) NWCE-8L2FXC

16. The Procurement Exercise The Procurement exercise will be conducted using a: Part B Open Tender Process

17. The Procurement Exercise The Part B Open Tender Process Procurement Exercise consist of one element: – an Invitation to Tender (ITT)

18. The Procurement Exercise Timetable StageAnticipated Dates Bidders Day26/10/11 Issue of ITT Documents14/11/2011 (tbc) ITT Return date12/12/2011 (tbc) ITT Evaluation completed by06/01/2012 (tbc) Contract Award30/01/2012 (tbc) Contract start date01/02/2012 (tbc)

19. Tender Opportunity The Chest (Due North) This tender opportunity will only be available via the The Chest (Due North) This will be a full end to end electronic procurement exercise. All questions/correspondence will be conducted via The Chest (Due North) No questions/correspondence will be answered outside of the The Chest (Due North)

20. Tender Opportunity The Chest (Due North) Registration for suppliers to the The Chest (Due North) site is free. Access to the tender opportunity on the The Chest (Due North) can be accessed via the following link www.thechest.nwce.gov.ukwww.thechest.nwce.gov.uk

21. Tender Opportunity The Chest (Due North) Suppliers once registered can access support by using the supplier support guidance documents provided via The Chest (Due North) site. For technical support Due North staff can be contacted by using the phone number advised on the supplier home page.

22. Common Errors of Failed ITT’s Attachments not labelled correctly as per question Missing attachments Missing Financial details – 3 years of accounts not enclosed for last 3 trading years – Statement of turnover not enclosed as a separate document if accounts are older than 10 months Printed Signatures are not acceptable these need to be either an electronic signature or hand written signature scanned and uploaded as a separate attachment

23. Common Errors of Failed ITT’s cont…. References – Contact the referee firstly to ensure that they will provide a reference – Secondly, that they will be available to provide this within the evaluation time period advised – Thirdly check that contact details provided are correct, i.e. email address

24. Common Errors of Failed ITT’s, cont….. Please ensure that you include all H&S information that you are asked to provide in your ITT submission, H&S officer CV Up to date H&S policy Policy is relevant to the size of the organisation

25. Common Errors of Failed ITT’s, cont….. Please ensure that you include all Equal Opportunities / Equality and Diversity information that you are asked to provide in your ITT submission, That the policy is up to date with current legislation The policy includes relevant information about the organisation and E&D processes

26. Advice to avoid Common Errors of Failed ITT’s cont….. Indicate within questions where required name of enclosure Label attachments as per the question that they relate to Ensure that you fill out the enclosed Checklist indicating if you have included an enclosure ‘Yes’ or ‘No’

27. Advice to avoid Common Errors of Failed ITT’s Please think about the information that you provide in your ITT submission Follow the guidance provided Label all attachments Try to reduce the number of attachments by copying a whole document, not supplying it page by page

28. Performance Bond For all contracts which exceed £250,000 in total value, a performance bond will be required. The value of the bond will be 5% of the first years annual spend for this contract.

29. Thank you for your time Questions?