Health and social work services

This is the on-going DPS Children's Placements and Other Support Services 9 (CPOSS) A pseudo-dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for the provision of placements for children from providers of accommodation based services including independent foster and residential care and independent and non-maintained special schools (CPOSS). The DPS will consist of 4 categories. The categories and their sub-categories are as follows:|| DPS Categories|| — Category 1 Schools:|| (a) Residential schools;|| (b) Day schools;|| (c) Children’s Homes with education (settings dual registered as schools and children’s homes);|| (d) Residential short breaks for SEND *sub-categories (a) to (d) to cover placements for children with SEND and CWD;|| — Category 2: specialist provision institutions (Colleges);|| — Category 3: independent fostering agencies (IFA);|| — Category 4: children’s residential full details can be found within the tender pack.