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title: "A TRAUMA-INFORMED AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO BEHAVIOUR FOR ALL EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS AND WIDER STAKEHOLDERS"
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# A TRAUMA-INFORMED AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO BEHAVIOUR FOR ALL EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS AND WIDER STAKEHOLDERS

Buyer: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-491f6c9c-ee85-45c1-acc2-fe9f32b156cb

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## Summary

Cambridgeshire County Council has completed the procurement process for a project titled "A Trauma-Informed and Therapeutic Approach to Behaviour for All Educational Settings and Wider Stakeholders." The contract, valued at £95,000, pertains to the Education and Training Services sector under the CPV code 80000000. The procurement was conducted through an open procedure, with the tender period ending on 28 October 2024 and the contract period running from 1 December 2024 to 1 December 2026. This initiative aims to embed a therapeutic framework across Cambridgeshire, providing a cohesive approach to understanding and responding to children's behaviours within educational and related settings.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in educational training and therapeutic services. The successful bidder, Therapeutic Thinking, is tasked with supplying a comprehensive trauma-informed training package that includes consultancy and delivery of therapeutic approaches to staff across educational settings and local authority services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in emotional wellbeing, behaviour management, and educational consultancy will find this contract particularly advantageous for showcasing their capabilities and expanding their market presence in the public sector.

## Notice

Our aim is to embed a therapeutic framework across Cambridgeshire so that we generate a common language for both understanding children's behaviours and responding to them in an inclusive way that promotes change. This procurement is for a trauma informed training package and associated resources that will be a locally owned approach which aims to raise confidence in staff in their ability to support children whose emotional wellbeing is affecting their engagement with education. The successful bidder will need to support with embedding a therapeutic foundation, articulating a clear graduated approach to supporting children and young people in Cambridgeshire who present with difficult or dangerous behaviour and are at risk or exclusion/placement breakdown, criminal activity, exploitation and absenteeism. The successful bidder will provide training, consultancy and delivery of a therapeutic approach to education settings, internal LA staff and wider service stakeholders across Cambridgeshire. The approach will be a school, setting and service led ethos characterised by an inclusive culture, based on training and information that is underpinned by best practice, policy and plans. The successful bidder will need to deliver a therapeutic approach to emotional wellbeing that places an emphasis on consistency and on the teaching of internal discipline rather than imposing external discipline. This approach is a whole school approach but also aims to target individual children who are at risk of exclusions, poor attendance, or are subject to the use of restrictive physical intervention/restraint. Local Authority support services will also be trained to ensure consistency of advice particularly around individual risk management and support planning. The training will need to teach school staff to develop planning which will lead to pro-active techniques to de-escalate a situation before a crisis occurs, placing an emphasis on analysing the causes of an individual child's declining emotional wellbeing. The successful bidder will support to deliver a therapeutic approach that will provide both the foundation of principles for Inclusion in Cambridgeshire, but also the umbrella under which all other interventions and programmes must sit. The successful bidder will need to deliver a product that will: * Empower staff to proactively tailor their responses to behaviour * Use a variety of person-centred analytical tools to explore, consider and understand the causes of poor emotional wellbeing. * Provide specifically planned differentiation through a graduated response which protects children from overwhelming experiences and overdependency, minimising the risk of crisis behaviour. * Develop a common language and a joint approach that is followed by all professionals in Cambridgeshire * Improve attendance and behaviours for learning * Provide an understanding of the inseparable link between teaching, learning and behaviour

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c6eec90a-6d0f-4c68-9182-c3f1a70bce8b |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Dec 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 28 Oct 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Nov 2024 |
| Contract period | 1 Dec 2024 - 1 Dec 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £95,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £95,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | HUNTINGDON |
| Post town | Peterborough |
| Postcode | PE28 4YE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC |
| Local authority | Huntingdonshire |
| Electoral ward | The Stukeleys |
| Westminster constituency | Huntingdon |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THERAPEUTIC THINKING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 5 Dec 2024 at 20:08 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c6eec90a-6d0f-4c68-9182-c3f1a70bce8b
- 25 Sep 2024 at 13:22 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1ba0768e-69dc-48ff-98d1-106efe8bd84b

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c6eec90a-6d0f-4c68-9182-c3f1a70bce8b
  5th December 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1ba0768e-69dc-48ff-98d1-106efe8bd84b
  25th September 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=a27491ec-3e7b-ef11-812f-005056b64545
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## Notice URLs

- https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/

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