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

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    "description": "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",
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        "title": "Learning and Development for Adult Care Workforce: Flexible Purchasing Solution (FPS)",
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        "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.",
        "value": {
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                "id": "1",
                "title": "Adult Care Qualifications",
                "description": "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.",
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                    "durationInDays": 3600
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            {
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                "title": "Autism and Learning Disabilities",
                "description": "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",
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                    "durationInDays": 3600
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            {
                "id": "3",
                "title": "Care Certificate and core skills",
                "description": "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.",
                "contractPeriod": {
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            {
                "id": "4",
                "title": "Dementia",
                "description": "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.",
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            {
                "id": "5",
                "title": "End of Life Care",
                "description": "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.",
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            {
                "id": "6",
                "title": "Equality, diversity and inclusion",
                "description": "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.",
                "contractPeriod": {
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            {
                "id": "7",
                "title": "Fluids, nutrition and oral health",
                "description": "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.",
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            {
                "id": "8",
                "title": "Health and Safety & Wellbeing",
                "description": "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.",
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            {
                "id": "9",
                "title": "Leadership and Management",
                "description": "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.",
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            {
                "id": "10",
                "title": "Legal literacy and safeguarding",
                "description": "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.",
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            {
                "id": "11",
                "title": "Miscellaneous",
                "description": "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.",
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            {
                "id": "12",
                "title": "Practice skills and interventions",
                "description": "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.",
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                "description": "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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        "reviewDetails": "Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by the Contracting Authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the applicant was unsuccessful. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into, the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Contracting Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the Contract be shortened.",
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