# LH \(561891\) - Opportunity for a provider to work with Durham County Council for a Bespoke Children's Residential Home

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Durham County Council](/buyers/durham-county-council/contract-awards)
- Published: 11 August 2023
- Planned start: 12 September 2023
- Planned end: 11 August 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b89910d3-ca11-4d20-ac5d-81d4d75d7d06-671474
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c520f6b7-0ef1-45f0-833d-7d80c32c6838

## Description

Bespoke Children's Residential Home required for 15 year old male, LH\. Pen Picture: X is a 15 year old boy with brown hair\. X is very tall for his age as he is 6ft 1\. X has pride in the way he dresses,he loves his designer tracksuits and likes his hair to be perfect\. X always carries his man bag on him with his phone inside\. X spends most of his time out with his friends when he is not at school, these are long standing friendships and are important to X\. X has suffered a lot of trauma in his life and struggles to verbalise his feelings, he can be verbally abusive to people when he is feeling angry, however when X is calm, he is a polite, laid back young boy with a good sense of humour\. X can also get upset and quite tearful when feeling emotions of anger\. X was interested in starting Thai Boxing to do something active that he enjoys, however he has changed his mind and is no longer interested\. • Can not reside within areas covered by Northumbria Police owed to bail conditions • Would prefer to be close to Sunderland owed to the majority of his social network residing there\. • Understands risk, can keep himself safe and know who to contact in an emergency • Can use public transport effectively and knows how to read timetables • Support to encourage life skills would be required; cooking, budgeting \. • Referral to Durham Works has been made for support in finding education, employment and training\. Support may be required in ensuring he attends\. • He can be respectful to people and listens when spoken to\. Some encouragement may be required to get him to engage fully, depending on his feelings and energy levels\.

## Related contract awards

- [Bowburn Development Route Options Assessment Report](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b492104c-03d3-4875-a11b-d57cde063939): Durham County Council
- [Maintained Schools Web Filtering Solution via the NHSSBS DWS2](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ded57999-0f8d-4844-97c6-2a86964d01f7): Durham County Council
- [Partition and Ceiling Works Coulson Street Phase 3](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-94574035-f06b-4a94-9c80-bccb60afc625): Durham County Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b89910d3-ca11-4d20-ac5d-81d4d75d7d06-671474)