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title: "Signs of Safety and Healing Training"
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# Signs of Safety and Healing Training

Buyer: EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000788773

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## Summary

East Ayrshire Council has completed the procurement process for the "Signs of Safety and Healing Training" contract, categorised under General Public Services (COFOG). The procurement, which falls under the services category, was conducted through a limited method due to its specialised nature requiring a licensed trainer. The contract was awarded without prior publication due to the specific requirements, falling under the Light Touch Regime for social care services. This training initiative aims to support infants, children, and young people using an integrated framework for safety and behaviour change, beneficial to the regional area of UKM93, Kilmarnock. The contract was awarded to Leigh Taylor LTD on 20th December 2024, with a total value of £81,900 GBP.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specializing in child protection, family intervention, and restorative practices. Companies with expertise in delivering specialised training frameworks like the Signs of Safety will find this contract opens avenues for growth and establishes a presence in a critical social support sector. Suitable candidates would include small to medium enterprises (SMEs) with a proven track record and capability to deliver tailored training solutions in line with safety and therapeutic frameworks crucial for public services. This could also boost their reputation and lead to further contracts within the local authority and beyond.

## Notice

Signs of Safety is an integrated framework for how to support infants, children and young people. It sets out the principles for practice; the disciplines for practitioners' application of the approach; provides a range of tools for assessment and planning, decision making and engaging infants, children young people and their families; and describes the processes through which the work is undertaken with infants, children, young people and their families. This practice returns child protection intervention to being the catalyst that initiates behaviour change by families.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Signs of Safety of Healing training will provide a framework for the consistent delivery of Safe and Together and Restorative practice with FGDM as a wider Practice Vision. 6. Safe and Together is a model that supports practitioners to enable children to remain in the care of the safe-parent. It encourages practitioners to think differently about how they approach domestic abuse. 7. Restorative practice and Family based Group Decision Making (FGDM) is an approach that supports practitioners in developing relationships with families to create and encourage positive change. Working with families to help build and maintain positive, healthy relationships, resolve conflict and facilitate healing. This leads to positive, long-lasting outcomes for children and families. 8. Signs of Safety and Healing, restorative practice and safe and together are complimentary frameworks that support multi-agency practitioners to work with infants, children, young people and their families and carers in a positive, collaborative and strength and safety organised way.

### Procurement Information

The training is only delivered by a licenced trainer/consultant to deliver this model. Training also fall under the Light Touch Regime (Social Care Services)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN522489 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Jan 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Dec 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £81,900 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Locality | KILMARNOCK |
| Post town | Kilmarnock |
| Postcode | KA3 7BU |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire |
| Local authority | East Ayrshire |
| Electoral ward | Kilmarnock East and Hurlford |
| Westminster constituency | Kilmarnock and Loudoun |
| Delivery location | TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | LEIGH TAYLOR |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80510000 - Specialist training services

## Release History

- 24 Jan 2025 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN522489

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN522489
  Signs of Safety and Healing Training - Signs of Safety is an integrated framework for how to support infants, children and young people. It sets out the principles for practice; the disciplines for practitioners' application of the approach; provides a range of tools for assessment and planning, decision making and engaging infants, children young people and their families; and describes the processes through which the work is undertaken with infants, children, young people and their families. This practice returns child protection intervention to being the catalyst that initiates behaviour change by families.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000788773

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