How to win: UK4 Notice - Creation of a Lot for Expert Advisers on the ECSC Dynamic Framework

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Procurement of a pool of Children’s Social Care Expert Advisers (EAs), who will replace the use of Commissioners and Advisers, under Lot 14 of the Educational and Children's Social Care Professionals (ECSC) Dynamic Franework As a government, we believe reforming children’s social care is central to ensuring children have the best possible start in life. We are delivering the most significant overhaul of the system in a generation, with an unwavering ambition to reform children’s social care and achieve better outcomes for children. To help drive the required changes and service improvements we need to see, in 2026 we will be simplifying the department’s improvement and intervention support to local authorities and aligning it with children’s social care reform priorities. The Expert Adviser (EA) role is a challenging and wide ranging one which is pivotal to the success of our new approach to intervention. EAs will work for, and represent the DfE, drive forward our reforms including our recently published Enduring Relationships Strategy Enduring relationships - GOV.UK, the Families First Partnership Programme (FFP) and the implementation of care reform, and be directed to work wi

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