Purpose

West Sussex County Council has
been allocated £1,498,174 from Department for Levelling Up,
Housing and Communities (DLUHC)  to
respond to the duties that have been placed on the council under
the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. The Cabinet Member for Adults Services
delegated authority to the Assistant Director (Communities) to
approve appropriate funding allocations (Key
decision AS03 21/22 refers).
 
This service is for children
and young people residing in West Sussex, aged 5-18 (or up to 25
where the young person has care leaver status or additional needs)
who are victims of Domestic Abuse (DA) as defined by the Domestic
Abuse Act 2021.  Children and young people are deemed to
be victims under the 2021 Act as a result of seeing, hearing or
otherwise experiencing DA between two people where the child is
related to at least one of them whether that be the victim or
perpetrator
 
The Assistant Director
(Communities) has approved the procurement of the Children and Young People Domestic Abuse Outreach Service and
will award the contract to the successful bidder that meets the
principles of good outcomes, quality of service and value for
money.
 

Decision

The Assistant Director (Communities), has
approved the award of contract, commencing on 1 December 2023 for a
period of 3 years until 30 November 2026 (with an option to extend
for a further 1 year + 1 year) to ‘You Trust’, a
service that provides outreach and support for children and young
people affected by domestic abuse.