Education and training services

Tender description

Essex Safeguarding Children Board (ESCB) (and Essex County Council Early Years and Childcare Service (EYCC)) are seeking to commission a training provider to deliver level 2 Safeguarding Children training across the county for a three (3) year period with an option to extend by two (2) further periods of twelve (12) months at the Authority's discretion. The contract is to commence no later than 1.9.2016. The contract will be for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 24 months. Essex Safeguarding Children Board (ESCB), Essex County Council Early Years and Childcare Service (EYCC) and Essex Social Care Academy (ESCA) are seeking to commission a training provider to deliver level 2 Safeguarding Children training across the county. The trainer will be required to deliver the training in sector specific sessions to early years and childcare providers, Family Operations staff including foster carers, short break carers and family and friends carers and to a multi-agency audience. There is scope within this contract to provide in-house safeguarding training sessions by arrangement with the organisation requesting the training either as 1 day course or modular over 2 or 3 sessions within a specified time period. It is expected that a 1 day course is approximately 6 hours. This training encompasses the following range of organisations: — Voluntary and community sector organisations; — Statutory agencies; — Private and profit making organisations; — Early Yea.