Education and training services

Tender description

The Council is seeking to secure suitable providers for the provision of an attachment and trauma framework. Staffordshire Virtual School for looked after and previously looked after children addresses the needs of vulnerable pupils across the continuum of provision, from early years, to post sixteen (16), including those in mainstream school, through alternative provision, to special school placements according to formally assessed need. Providers will have experience in supporting children and young people with a range of needs including Social, Emotional and Mental Health issues SEMH due the impact of their care journey. In addition, providers will have experience of training parents, carers and professionals in the education and care sector, whom are supporting the emotional wellbeing of vulnerable children. Support and training for education settings to self-assess using an audit e.g. STIAA, ARC to review practice and implement a development plan based on the findings. Offer of train the trainer or attachment lead programmes to enable practitioners to have the skills and resources to be able to train and lead practice to improve emotional wellbeing in their education setting for children and workforce. Delivery of face to face training using evidence-based approaches for groups of carers and practitioners from introductory sessions to support emotional wellbeing to sessions to develop knowledge and practice skills. this could include large scale events including whole school or cluster of education settings training events. Support for the development of practitioner networks with a focus on embedding practice through a range of activities e.g. support to research and implement practice, reviewing new evidence or practice. Ensure that ad-hoc training is tailored to meet the specific needs of individual children, education setting or children’s workforce training requirement as requested by the Virtual School. Educational psychology support (based on an hourly rate) for individual children supporting the development of a range of packages to support trauma informed practice for individual children.