CP1439-17 Children Centre Services

Commissioners are seeking to put in place a contract to deliver the Children's Centre services to meet theneeds of targeted families across the administrative area of Devon County Council. The service will be alignedto the four Children and Families Partnership's areas of; • Exeter • Mid and East Devon • South Devon • Northern Devon Children's Centre Services are the key delivery mechanism for the local authority to meet its statutory dutiesreferenced in the Childcare Act 2006, and Working Together 2015. They are an integral part of how the LocalAuthority carries out the duties set out in the Acts above to improve the well-being of young children and reduceinequalities between them The Current service is principally a universal service for families with children aged four and under through thelife of this contract the service will move to providing predominantly targeted Early Help support for families withchildren aged eight years and under.