# Short Breaks for Disabled Children Befriending Support Service Framework - Sheffield

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Sheffield City Council](/buyers/sheffield-city-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £145,000
- Published: 17 January 2023
- Planned start: 1 April 2023
- Planned end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 370b0baa-6c45-4547-82c8-0a7052a7fe65-606398
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fbca3496-5107-4366-bfc8-9cd6ddd3bd96

## Description

Befriending service is a fixed term intervention providing one to one support for children and young people temporarily unable to engage with group-based services\. The aim of this service will be to work with the child/young person to enable them to work towards their individual objectives \(outlined in their care plan\) and aim to reduce the level of one to one support require; to enable them to access group-based provision\. Short Break Services are an essential part of a continuum of support for parent/ carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities \(SEND\)\. They include leisure or educational activities out of school hours, at weekends, during school holidays, or during the evenings\.

## Related contract awards

- [Consultancy Plus Call Off via YPO Framework](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-054aa364-3b5a-43be-8bb6-f8e716a8d65f): Sheffield City Council
- [Employment Support - Therapy, Coaching and Mental Wellbeing Support](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-352a110f-db31-47cc-9030-c6e3b543f94a): Sheffield City Council
- [Employment Support - Physiotherapy and Pain Management](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d1ae62cf-b2b9-4e5e-9357-201121b94fe8): Sheffield City Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/370b0baa-6c45-4547-82c8-0a7052a7fe65-606398)