Learning and Development for Adult Care Workforce: Flexible Purchasing Solution (FPS)

Description

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is looking for suitably qualified training and development applicants to be appointed onto a flexible purchasing system (FPS) for the provision of a range of training solutions for the adult social care and public health workforce. Training solutions provided to the authority must be based on person-centred values and principles and support high quality services and improved outcomes for customers through the provision of a competent, capable, and skilled workforce.
Adult social care comprises personal care and practical support for older adults who cannot manage the tasks of everyday life and for working-age adults with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, or physical or mental illnesses. It also includes support for their carers and personal assistants.
Public Health centres around protecting and improving the health of the population and the local community, through various means at all life stages to improve health outcomes for Rotherham residents. The audience may include wider public health workforce, businesses/ employers and/or residents themselves.
The Learning and development FPS will provide the Authority with the opportunity to procure a range of services within the scope of learning and development. And will be split into 13 different lots, which are listed within this notice. The rules of the FPS permit additional lots to be added to the FPS, subject to remaining within the same scope.

This is a new notice to provide updated information regarding the FPS to the market.
Previous Find a Tender notice reference - 2023/S 000-002037

This lot will be utilised for the procurement of Adult Care Qualifications including but limited to the following, subject to the needs and requirements of the Council:-
Level 2 Diploma in Care
Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care
Level 4 Diploma in Adult Care
Level 4 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management for Adult Care
Level 5 Diploma in Leadership Management for Adult Care
Level 5 Certificate of Fundamental Knowledge in Commissioning for Wellbeing Additional information: The FPS is established on the basis of an indicative 10 years (120 months).
The FPS may continue beyond this point subject to remaining fit for purpose for the Council's needs and meeting any relevant governance requirements.

This lot will be utilised for the procurement of Autism and Learning Disabilities training requirements subject to the needs of the Council.
This will include but is not limited to the following:-
Autism and learning disabilities - tier 1
Autism and learning disabilities - tier 2
Autism and learning disabilities - tier 3
Makaton

The council are looking for suitably qualified adult care trainers for the delivery of:
Care Certificate and core skills
Assessing the Care Certificate
Care Certificate introductory skills, knowledge and behaviours
Core skills in a care setting
• English
• Number
• Digital
• Employability Additional information: The FPS is established on the basis of an indicative 10 years (120 months).
The FPS may continue beyond this point subject to remaining fit for purpose for the Council's needs and meeting any relevant governance requirements.

The Council are looking for suitably qualified training and development providers who are able to provide training solutions for the adult social care workforce.
Dementia
Dementia - tier 1
Dementia - tier 2
Dementia - tier 3
Dementia and Sexuality
Dementia and Learning Disabilities
Early On set Dementia Additional information: The FPS is established on the basis of an indicative 10 years (120 months).
The FPS may continue beyond this point subject to remaining fit for purpose for the Council's needs and meeting any relevant governance requirements.

The Council are looking for suitably qualified training and development providers who are able to provide training solutions for the adult social care workforce.
End of life care
Advance care planning
Assessment and care planning
Bereavement and Loss
Communication skills
Dementia and EOLC
Managing Dying
Symptom management, maintaining comfort and wellbeing Additional information: The FPS is established on the basis of an indicative 10 years (120 months).
The FPS may continue beyond this point subject to remaining fit for purpose for the Council's needs and meeting any relevant governance requirements.

The Council are looking for suitably qualified training and development providers who are able to provide training solutions for the adult social care workforce.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Anti-oppressive and inclusive practice
Dignity in care settings
Deaf issues, people and culture
Equal Opportunities awareness
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion awareness
Human rights and social justice
Mental health awareness
Social Work Values and ethics
Unconscious bias Additional information: The FPS is established on the basis of an indicative 10 years (120 months).
The FPS may continue beyond this point subject to remaining fit for purpose for the Council's needs and meeting any relevant governance requirements.

The Council are looking for suitably qualified training and development providers who are able to provide training solutions for the adult social care workforce.
Fluids, nutrition and oral health
Food safety and nutrition in care settings
Food safety in catering outlets
Nutrition and hydration in care settings
Modified meals in care settings
Malnutrition Universal Screen Tool (MUST)
Oral care and hygiene in care settings Additional information: The FPS is established on the basis of an indicative 10 years (120 months).
The FPS may continue beyond this point subject to remaining fit for purpose for the Council's needs and meeting any relevant governance requirements.

The Council are looking for suitably qualified training and development providers who are able to provide training solutions for the adult social care workforce.
Health and Safety & Wellbeing
Basic life support awareness
First aid awareness
Health and safety awareness
Assisting and Moving of People
Assisting and Moving of People - Instructor
Assisting and Moving of People - Instructor refresh
Moving and Handing of Loads
Moving and Handling for Wheelchair Users
Falls Prevention Training
Fire safety awareness
Fire extinguisher training
Fire risk Assessment
First Aid at Work - emergency
First Aid at Work - refresher
First aid at Work - qualification
First Aid at Work - requalification
First Aid Instructor
Infection, prevention and control awareness
Personal Protective Equipment
Lone Working and Personal Safety
Medication management
• Safe handling of medication
• Medication administration
Risk Assessments
Positive behaviour support and non-restrictive practice
COSHH Awareness
IOSH
• Managing Health and Safety in the Workplace
• Directing Safety
• Managing Safety
NEBOSH
Legionella awareness Additional information: The FPS is established on the basis of an indicative 10 years (120 months).
The FPS may continue beyond this point subject to remaining fit for purpose for the Council's needs and meeting any relevant governance requirements.

The Council are looking for suitably qualified training and development providers who are able to provide training solutions for the adult social care workforce.
Leadership and Management
Chairing Skills
Coaching and mentoring
Commissioning skills
Developing your team
Emotional intelligence
Future and aspiring managers
Managing change and continuous improvement
Managing people and performance
Public sector finance for non-finance managers
Supervision skills Additional information: The FPS is established on the basis of an indicative 10 years (120 months).
The FPS may continue beyond this point subject to remaining fit for purpose for the Council's needs and meeting any relevant governance requirements.

The Council are looking for suitably qualified training and development providers who are able to provide training solutions for the adult social care workforce.
Legal literacy and safeguarding
Care Act
Human Rights Act
Mental Capacity Act
Mental Health Act
MCA in practice - introduction
MCA in practice - intermediate
MCA in practice - advanced
Court of protection
DOLS signatories
Deprivation of Liberty
Liberty Protection Safeguards
Safeguarding - level 1
Safeguarding - level 2
Safeguarding - level 3
Safeguarding - level 4
Safeguarding - level 5
Family Conferencing
Hoarding and self-neglect
Skin Integrity / Pressure Area awareness for social care assessors
Trafficking and modern slavery
Safeguarding children Additional information: The FPS is established on the basis of an indicative 10 years (120 months).
The FPS may continue beyond this point subject to remaining fit for purpose for the Council's needs and meeting any relevant governance requirements.

The Council are looking for suitably qualified training and development providers who are able to provide training solutions for the adult social care workforce.
Miscellaneous
Activity provision in care settings
Personal care
Person-centred care in care settings
Train the Trainer
Stroke Awareness Additional information: The FPS is established on the basis of an indicative 10 years (120 months).
The FPS may continue beyond this point subject to remaining fit for purpose for the Council's needs and meeting any relevant governance requirements.

The Council are looking for suitably qualified training and development providers who are able to provide training solutions for the adult social care workforce.
Practice skills and interventions
Assessment and eligibility
Care and support planning
Carers assessments and eligibility
Continuing Health Care
Conversational skills
Domestic abuse and violence
Mental health and substance misuse
Motivational interviewing
Person centred planning
Personality Disorder
Positive risk-management, risk-taking and risk enablement
Professionalism Professional Curiosity
Reablement
Recording and report writing
Reflective / reflexive practice and analysis
Resilience and self-management
Strength Mapping
Strengths based practice
Transitions
Trauma informed practice Additional information: The FPS is established on the basis of an indicative 10 years (120 months).
The FPS may continue beyond this point subject to remaining fit for purpose for the Council's needs and meeting any relevant governance requirements.

The provision of training support Public Health, the audience may include wider public health workforce, businesses/ employers and/or residents themselves.
Key areas that may be required but not limited to:-
Substance use and misuse.
Mental health and wellbeing
Sexual Health
Blood borne Viruses.
Smoking/tobacco
Vaping
Active Transport/travel
Climate Change adaptation
Carbon Literacy
Health Protection
Infection prevention control
Spatial planning
Loneliness
Suicide prevention
Breast feeding
0-19 Services
Making every contact count training
Compassionate approach training
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome training
Behaviour change Additional information: The FPS is established on the basis of an indicative 10 years (120 months).
The FPS may continue beyond this point subject to remaining fit for purpose for the Council's needs and meeting any relevant governance requirements.

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