Children’s residential care and education, including short breaks

Flexible Framework No: 1121

About this framework

Framework period: 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2028

Scotland Excel’s children’s residential care and education, including short breaks framework is a well-established framework which has been in our Social Care portfolio since 2014. This is the third generation of the framework and has again been developed as a flexible framework meaning new providers can apply to join the framework throughout its lifetime.

Children and young people are placed in residential care for a variety of reasons. Some have experienced neglect or abuse; some are unable to be looked after by their own families and others require specialist care and support. Children and young people may be looked after in residential care on a voluntary basis or may be subject to a court order or compulsory measure.

Placement decisions into residential care are based on the individual needs of the child or young person. This framework offers sufficient services to meet the changing profile of children and young people.

As with all our frameworks, this framework was developed in close consultation with key stakeholders. It is fully compliant with all legislative requirements and was developed in line with Scotland Excel’s sustainable procurement approach.

Benefits

  • Through the streamlined Individual Placement Agreement and placing processes, local authorities can tailor services to individual needs.
  • There is greater flexibility for local authorities to purchase individualised services through an increased range of enhanced services offered.
  • The framework applies fixed pricing for the first six months.
  • Additional social value delivered through a range of provider initiatives relating to community wealth building and/or models such as a wellbeing economy. It may also include, for example, training, recruitment and work placements.
  • 36 of the 39 providers pay the Real Living Wage.

Providers

Abbeyfield Lodge Limited
Aberlour Child Care Trust
Action For Children Services Limited
Applied Care And Development Limited
Aspris Scotland Limited
Care Visions Group Limited
Clearview Care Limited
Common Thread Limited
Compass Child and Family Services
Crannoch Residential Child Care Resource Ltd
Crossreach (the Operating Name For The Church Of Scotland Social Care Council)
Fts Care Ltd
Gilmourbanks Limited
High Trees Limited
Inspire Scotland Ltd
Moore House School Limited
New Futures (Scotland) Limited
Orchard Cottage Care Ltd
Partners In Care Limited T/a Pebbles Care
Phoenix Abbey Limited
Royal Blind Asylum And School Edinburgh T/a Sight Scotland
Seamab
Spark Of Genius (training) Limited
Starley Hall School Limited
The Community Connections Group Ltd
The Mungo Foundation

Aberdeen Association Of Social Services (trading As Vsa)
Applied Care And Development Limited
Aspris Scotland Limited
Camphill Rudolf Steiner Schools Limited
Common Thread Limited
Crossreach (the Operating Name For The Church Of Scotland Social Care Council)
Gilmourbanks Limited
Harmeny Education Trust Ltd
High Trees Limited
Hillside School (aberdour) Limited
House of Falkland Limited
Inspire Scotland Ltd
Kibble Education & Care Centre
Moore House School Limited
Partners In Care Limited T/a Pebbles Care
Rossie Young People's Trust
Royal Blind Asylum And School Edinburgh T/a Sight Scotland
Seamab
Spark Of Genius (training) Limited
St Philips School Plains
Starley Hall School Limited

Aberlour Child Care Trust
Action For Children Services Limited
Archway (Respite Care & Housing) Limited
Crossreach (the Operating Name For The Church Of Scotland Social Care Council)
Fts Care Ltd
Inspire Scotland Ltd
Nas Services Limited
Orchard Cottage Care Ltd
Rossie Young People's Trust
Royal Blind Asylum And School Edinburgh T/a Sight Scotland
St Philips School Plains
The Community Connections Group Ltd
The Mungo Foundation

Aberdeen Association Of Social Services (trading As Vsa)
Ardfern Limited
Applied Care And Development Limited
Aspris Scotland Limited
Camphill Rudolf Steiner Schools Limited
Capability Scotland
Crossreach (the Operating Name For The Church Of Scotland Social Care Council)
Gilmourbanks Limited
Harmeny Education Trust Ltd
High Trees Limited
House of Falkland Limited
Kibble Education & Care Centre
Moore House School Limited
Royal Blind Asylum And School Edinburgh T/a Sight Scotland
Scottish Autism
Seamab
Spark Of Genius (training) Limited
St Philips School Plains
Starley Hall School Limited
The Governors of the Donaldson Trust
The Jane Moore Trust
The Scottish Centre For Children With Motor Impairments

Sectors

The children’s residential care and education, including short breaks framework is a specialist care framework available to all Scotland Excel local authorities.

Key Facts

The children’s residential care strategy was developed through a series of engagement events with both providers and local authorities along with a number of other stakeholders including members of The Promise team, Education Scotland, Care Inspectorate and Scottish Government.

Further information on Scotland Excel’s children’s residential care and education, including short breaks framework is available in our members area.

If you are not yet a member, and would like to know more about the framework, please contactus.