Children's Advocacy and Independent Visitors
About This Opportunity
This is a services contract in the social protection sector, with a focus on Child Protection. Located in United Kingdom, Europe, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.
Published through UK FTS - Find a Tender Service, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for services in the social protection sector. Service contracts are typically evaluated on both technical quality and price, and may require bidders to demonstrate relevant experience and qualified personnel. This is an advance notice — the formal tender is expected to be published shortly. Interested parties can use this time to prepare documentation and identify potential partners.
Description
Advocacy is about representing the views, wishes and needs of children and young people to professionals making decisions about their lives, and helping them to navigate the system, especially in times of transition. Advocacy services provide independent and confidential information, advice, representation, support and advocacy for eligible children and young people. High quality advocacy is an important preventative measure to ensure practical problems do not escalate, that children and young people are protected from harm or risk of harm to their wellbeing and to ensure that potential system level failures are identified and tackled at the earliest opportunity.
Independent Visitors are trained volunteers who can step in to support children within the context of National reforms including FFP and provide a stable adult relationship outside of their care arrangement. They can visit them where they live and be a friend and mentor as they grow up. This specification for this service will be based on the National Standards for the Provision of Children and Young People's Advocacy Services 2023.
Addition:
Parental Advocacy
Parental advocacy is an independent support service. It helps parents navigate complex children's social care and child protection systems. Advocates are often peer supporters i.e. parents/family members who have had previous experience of children's social care.
Advocates can:
Explain the Child Protection process
Help parents understand their rights
Help parents communicate with professionals involved for example social workers
Help to ensure that parents wishes, feelings and views are heard.
Help parents understand information given to them about their child or children
Support parents to find and understand information so they can use it to make choices
Help parents prepare for meetings with professionals
Go to Child Protection Conferences and Core Group Meetings with parents
Provide information about how to make a complaint about Social Care to parents
Oldham are exploring this as part of our Families First Partnership Programme.
Data provenance
This notice is sourced from UK FTS - Find a Tender Service and was originally published on July 13, 2026. Last refreshed today. Reference: 065621-2026. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.
About Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council has issued 64 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 5 currently open and 24 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Governance & Public Administration, Health & Medical, and Information & Communication Technology. All notices are published for United Kingdom. Notices are distributed via UK FTS - Find a Tender Service and UK Contracts Finder. Most recent publication: July 13, 2026.
Frequently asked questions about this tender
Where will the contract be performed?
The contract is for delivery in United Kingdom. Foreign bidders should review local registration, taxation, and any in-country presence requirements before submitting.
How can I submit a bid?
Visit UK FTS - Find a Tender Service to access the full notice, required documents, and submission instructions. Quote reference 065621-2026 when communicating with the contracting authority.
Who is the contracting authority?
This notice was issued by Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in United Kingdom. The authority is responsible for evaluating bids, awarding the contract, and managing performance.
What type of contract is this?
This is a Services contract in the Social Protection & Welfare sector. The classification helps bidders match the opportunity to their qualifications and registered scope of supply.
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