Education and training services

Tender description

To deliver an integration support programme for refugees in Wales’ 4 asylum dispersal clusters (Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and Wrexham). The services will improve access to language tuition, employability support and local cultural knowledge to aid integration. Refugees will receive a holistic assessment of their needs and be routed through targeted support to enhance their efforts to integrate into society. It is anticipated that the contracts will commence in March 2019. The contracts will end on 31.12.2020. There is no intention to extend past this date. — provision of four physical locations for refugees to access the Integration Centre — in Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Wrexham, — ensure refugees’ needs are understood in a holistic way to support them to address barriers to integration, most notably through access to ESOL and employment, — provide ongoing mentoring support to refugees who have accessed the service to support and monitor progression towards integration, — provision of appropriate employability training to ensure beneficiaries’ potential can be met, — effective partnership working between the Integration Centre, ESOL services, employability programmes and others to ensure that beneficiary needs are properly considered and met, — develop a legacy for this service through evaluating a range of approaches to improve the integration of refugees, which can be utilised by the Client to embed inclusive practices in mainstream services. — development of three sustainable ESOL Hubs in Swansea, Newport and Wrexham, — improve the consistency of language proficiency assessment and ensure more appropriate placement in ESOL provision to promote quicker language acquisition, — provision of additional ESOL courses and addressing barriers to refugees accessing ESOL, — develop a legacy for this service through evaluating a range of approaches to improve the integration of refugees, which can be utilised by the client to embed inclusive practices in mainstream services.