Award of Residential Care Services for Young People with Complex Needs

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DCSSDS awarded a contract to IFYS Limited for the provision of specialised residential care services for young people with complex support needs.

The service outlet must provide ten residential care places across a minimum of three locations, with capacity to accommodate an eleventh placement funded through an Individual Placement Support arrangement, and must support young people with a disability if required.

The service must provide at minimum 16 hours per day support, plus 8-hour sleepover shifts, 7 days per week, with capacity for extra staff support during school holidays, weekends, and public holidays.

The service must provide culturally safe and secure support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people to maintain cultural identity and connection to family and community, and must encourage engagement in education, training, or employment activities, actively supporting weekly educational or vocational pursuits where a young person is not engaged.

The service must work collaboratively with other service providers to implement NDIS plans and ensure a Transition from Care case plan is in place for young people aged 15 to under 18 years and connected with Next Step Plus or Extended Post Care Support Services.

The contract value is AUD 8,577,712, procured through a limited procurement method.