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Surveys and consultations

Contracting for social care surveys

Your views and opinions are important to us. From time to time we may ask for your comments on a particular service or project.

Please see below for active surveys and also for the results of closed surveys and consultations.

You can also view all other Social Care surveys and reports.


Active surveys

There are currently no active surveys.


Survey results and reports


Survey title: Contracting with Independent Sector Children's Homes
Owner: Children's Services Contracting
Description: Kent County Council Children, Families and Education Directorate has developed an updated contract for placements within independent sector Children's Homes.

To ensure that the documentation is fit for purpose for both providers and Kent County Council, we asked you if you could pass any comments or suggestions on to us.

We would like to thank the organisations who participated in the consultation.

All your views were taken into account and seriously considered for inclusion in the final documents.

The final drafts have now been finalised and are available to view.
Closing date: 30 June 2006

Survey title: Learning Disability Care Provider Self-Assessment Survey
Owner: Social Services Contracting
Description: The provider self assessment form is one part of an overall framework used to monitor social care services commissioned by Kent County Council. The purpose of the self assessment is for providers to determine and report the extent to which they are meeting the service outcomes set out in the contract specification.
Closing date: 31 March 2006
Survey title: Provider Self-Assessment Form
Owner: Social Services Contracting
Description: The provider self assessment form is one part of an overall framework used to monitor social care services commissioned by Kent County Council. The purpose of the self assessment is for providers to determine and report the extent to which they are meeting the service outcomes set out in the contract specification.
Closing date: 30 September 2005
Survey title: The Voluntary Sector Service Grant Agreement Consultation Document.
Description: Kent County Council Social Services directorate has developed a standardised agreement for use with the voluntary sector, encompassing terms and conditions that take account of the Kent Compact. We are proposing that the Service Grant Agreement replace all existing Service Agency Agreements, and be adopted when purchasing future services with the voluntary sector.

In order to allow us time to work on your response to this consultation document we welcome your views by e-mail to sshqcontracts@kent.gov.uk or in writing to Michelle Hall, Kent County Council, Service Policy & Standards (Contracting), Brenchley House, 123-135 Week Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1RF.
Outcome: Kent County Council would like to thank those Voluntary and Community Organisations who participated in the consultation.

All your views were taken into account and seriously considered for inclusion in the final document.

The agreement is now finalised and available to view - this link will open in a new window.
Closing date: 14 November 2005

There are no further completed results and reports.

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