Social work and related services

Tender description

The purpose of this contract is to increase awareness and understanding of autism among education staff in early years settings, schools and colleges in order to improve inclusion, support children and young people with autism in transitions and to help them achieve better outcomes. This contract aims to build upon work which has previously been carried out to: — Develop the competence and skills of early years settings, schools, colleges and other staff in providing for children with autism. — Develop standards for self-evaluation. — Support parents and professionals to prevent the exclusion of children and young people with autism. — Develop and deliver cost-effective methods of widely disseminating the resources produced. — Support a panel of young people to provide input to all the strands of work in this programme, and to; — Develop new work on exam accommodations available to pupils with autism for schools, teachers and exam officers. The estimated total value of this contract is up to 750 000 GBP in 2017-18 inclusive of VAT. There may be an option to extend this contract for up to 2 additional years depending on the contractor's performance, the availability of funds and an ongoing need for the services provided.