# Dorset Families Matter - Family Support Packages

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Dorset Council](/buyers/dorset-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Anne Mercer Creative Arts and Play therapy
- Award value: £750,000
- Tender value: £750,000
- Award date: 30 January 2023
- Published: 12 September 2023
- Contract start: 1 April 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b5f390e4-1bb5-412c-88fe-df4f43fc8ed1-679690
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f46eb309-1208-4691-8986-8c434a997497

## Description

Dorset Council is seeking a broad and diverse range of suitably qualified and experienced service providers to provide: \\r • a service \\r • an intervention and /or\\r • an activity \\r that can be termed a family support package and can contribute to the delivery of positive outcomes in line with those set out in the document Annex A: National Supporting Families Outcome Framework \(publishing\.service\.gov\.uk\) \\r \\r Family Support Packages are one optional element of the enhanced Whole Family support and resources that professionals can access on behalf of the families they are supporting\. They can be defined as a variety of small-scale services, activities, or interventions which practitioners can utilise quickly and easily\.\\r \\r Examples of packages include, but are not limited to: Individual Mentoring / Support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer \(or questioning\), and intersex young people and their families / Interactive Therapeutic Approaches / Mediation /Counselling / Relationship Support / Family Support Services / Introducing the idea of positive activities for families and/ or individuals and encouraging participation/ Household Management etc\. \\r \\r A Family Support Package will contribute to the Lead Professional's family action or delivery plan - it will not be a stand-alone piece of work\.\\r

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b5f390e4-1bb5-412c-88fe-df4f43fc8ed1-679690)