Respite Camps

REQUEST TITLE: RESPITE CAMPS
REQUEST NUMBER: DCP001-12
ISSUED BY: THE CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES MINISTERIAL BODY THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT FOR CHILD PROTECTION

The Children and Community Services Ministerial Body through the Department for Child Protection (the Department) is seeking responses from suitable Respondents to provide recreational/therapeutic Respite Camps for children and young people in general and relative foster care, aged between 6-17 years.
Consistent with the Delivering Community Services in Partnership Policy, July 2011, the Department intends to engage with the not-for-profit community sector, including Local Government Authorities, for the provision of this service.

The primary aim of the camps is to provide much needed respite to the full-time foster carers of children in the Chief Executive Officer's (CEO's) care. The camps also aim to provide opportunities for a safe and stimulating environment for the children, which may include life-skill building components.

A non-mandatory briefing for Respondents will be conducted between 10.00am - 12.00pm on Friday, 12 October 2012 at the Department for Child Protection, Seminar Rooms 3 & 4, 189 Royal Street, East Perth. Respondents are required to confirm their attendance at the briefing by no later than 4.00pm on Friday, 5 October 2012, by contacting Hannah Hunter, Administrative Assistant via email [email hidden] or on telephone [phone hidden].