Market engagement for proposed Therapeutic services framework for children adopted and placed on special guardianship order in the AEM region

The Council is undertaking a soft market testing exercise and is asking organisations to submit comments & ideas to support and shape the development of the Therapeutic Services Framework. The framework will provide AEM and LA Partners with Therapeutic Providers who can provide high quality assessments and therapeutic interventions in accordance with the Adoption Support Fund criteria In the year 2019/20, approximately 450 applications were made to the Adoption Support Fund in order to commission a specialist assessment or therapeutic intervention for adoptive families. Going forward, AEM place on average 140 children for adoption per annum. With the inclusion of applications to support SGO families, we anticipate that this figure will increase incrementally year on year and estimate this to be by approximately 25% in 2021/22.