Families First Carmarthenshire Commissioning Event **please note that this is not a contract notice*

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FAMILIES FIRST COMMISSIONING EVENT31st January 2014Parc y Scarlets9am to 4pmCarmarthenshire Children and Young People’s Partnership will be holding a “Families First Commissioning” Event on the 31st January 2014 at Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli. Registration for the event will commence at 9am. The purpose of the event is to inform and engage with potential and current service providers on the following:1.Commissioning of the Families First Programme2.Service specification development for the programmeFamilies First is a Welsh Government programme that promotes the development, within Local Authority areas, of effective multi agency systems and support, with a clear emphasis on prevention and early intervention for families; particularly those living in poverty. It aims to reduce the number of families requiring more intensive and costly interventions by delivering integrated, preventative and protective support. The morning session of the Event will outline the National and Local context and requirements.The afternoon session will give current and potential providers the opportunity to engage in workshops which will inform the service specification development for the following 5 commissioning packages as outlined in the Commissioning document:1.Integrated Community Support2.Family Focussed Support3.Pro-Active Youth Engagement4.Intensive Engagement5.DisabilityCarmarthenshire will be welcoming consortium bids and are the first authority in Wales that is formally making use of guidance and tools in the newly-published Guide to Joint Bidding ( for further information please see: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/improvingservices/bettervfm/publications/jointbidding/?lang=en)As well as making use of this written guidance, this also means that both the authority and potential bidders will be supported to ensure that consortium bids are not disadvantaged in the procurement process. More information about this will be provided at the event.Information about the available support to prospective bidders will also be provided at the event.