# LA Facilitator Contracts Finder Notice

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Leading For Children Ltd
- Award value: £158,400
- Award date: 27 December 2023
- Published: 9 January 2024
- Contract start: 11 January 2024
- Contract end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c55cd1bf-0f93-4623-ac7e-ce32568734ab-712487
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e34c4e46-f535-4d11-83e8-240aa9e6da19

## Description

This is to award the contract for the LA Facilitator\. The Local Authority facilitator will play a key role in supporting the Department in delivering our critical path of reform for multi-agency safeguarding partners through engagement at both a local and national level\. The individual will work as part of a core team with their health, police and now education facilitator counterparts whose priorities will be set by the cross-government governance structures\. Scope of role: - To support the local government response to the safeguarding partners reform work and the development of existing national policy to improve safeguarding outcomes for children and young people\. - To identify and assess emerging issues and threats within local multi-agency safeguarding partnerships and develop plans to address in partnership with other national facilitators\. - To provide practical advice to government on how to post safeguarding partners to effectively implement the reforms set out in Stable Homes Built on Love\. - To liaise with all local safeguarding partnerships in England and engage relevant safeguarding leads in local government to promote effective arrangements, to map and share best practice\. - To provide appropriate peer review and challenge to support development of robust local arrangements\. - To collaborate with the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel to support practice sharing amongst safeguarding partners\. - To represent local government views at relevant national meetings, forums and conferences including with other national stakeholders\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c55cd1bf-0f93-4623-ac7e-ce32568734ab-712487)