Missing Children and Independent Return Home Conversation Service
Buckinghamshire Council
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What the buyer wants
Buckinghamshire Council seeks a provider for the Missing Children and Independent Return Home Conversation Service to deliver independent return home conversations for children aged 10-17 following missing episodes, including safeguarding and intervention services, with a contract term of up to five years.
Buckinghamshire Council is seeking to recommission its Missing Children and Independent Return Home Conversation Service.
Statutory guidance requires children who have been reported missing to be offered an independent Return Home Conversation following their return, with the conversation normally taking place within 72 hours of the child returning home or to their care setting.
The Service will provide independent Return Home Conversations for eligible Buckinghamshire children and young people aged 10 to 17 inclusive following a missing episode, including Buckinghamshire children looked after who are placed outside the county.
The Service will identify safeguarding concerns, exploitation, unmet needs and factors contributing to missing behaviour, and support the identification and implementation of actions to improve safety and reduce repeat missing episodes. It will also provide Missing Interventions for children experiencing repeat or persistent missing episodes, emerging vulnerabilities or unmet needs.
The Provider will work within a multi-agency framework and use information gathered through service delivery to inform safeguarding, prevention, contextual safeguarding, disruption activity, strategic insight and partnership responses. The Provider will be responsible for delivering or securing out-of-county Return Home Conversations, including directly delivering conversations where appropriate and managing and quality assuring any subcontracted or host local authority arrangements.
The Contract will have an initial term of three years, with the option to extend for up to two further one-year periods, giving a maximum potential Contract term of five years.
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Services required
- Welfare services for children and young people
- Social work and related services
- Social work services
What you will need to show
- Deliver independent Return Home Conversations — Supplier must provide independent return home conversations for eligible children aged 10 to 17 following missing episodes, including those placed outside the county.
- Identify safeguarding concerns and support interventions — Supplier must identify safeguarding concerns, exploitation, unmet needs, and factors contributing to missing behaviour, and support actions to improve safety and reduce repeat missing episodes.
- Provide Missing Interventions for repeat or vulnerable cases — Supplier must provide interventions for children with repeat or persistent missing episodes, emerging vulnerabilities, or unmet needs.
- Work within a multi-agency framework — Supplier must collaborate within a multi-agency framework and use information from service delivery to inform safeguarding, prevention, and partnership responses.
- Manage out-of-county Return Home Conversations — Supplier must deliver or secure out-of-county Return Home Conversations, including managing and quality assuring subcontracted or host local authority arrangements.
Lots
- Lot 1
Key facts
- Buyer: Buckinghamshire Council
- Deadline: 19 November 2026
- Published on: Find a Tender
- First seen by Tenderoo: 22 October 2026
- CPV: 85311300, 85300000, 85310000
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