Education and training services

Description

South Lanarkshire Council is seeking to establish a multi lot, multi provider procured services agreement (PSA) open framework. The aim of the PSA is to allow SLC education resources and all SLC schools to contract compliantly with providers who will deliver all forms of educational services. These will include services funded by Pupil Equity Funding, access to Counsellors Mental Health Funding, Council budgets and other education funding. Support and encourage learners to manage their own learning to develop skills, improve performance and maximise potential. Provide professional assistance, guidance and support in resolving service users personal or psychological problems and promoting good mental well-being. This will include one to one counselling. Provide professional assistance, guidance and support in engaging young people, parents, carers and wider community in learning through activities. Provide specific support to children, young people and adults by seeking to develop English language skills and validate their skills within a structured learning environment. Provide learning, support or assessment services primarily in literacy, numeracy and, health and well-being including, but not limited to, the use of standardised diagnostic assessment and screening tools. Be responsible for the delivery of learning opportunities to support learners develop new skills, improve employability and life chances. Enable young people to develop holistically, working with them to facilitate their personal, social and educational development, to enable them to develop their voice, influence and place in society and reach their potential. To support education establishments with solutions to manage assessment information. Ensure that learners have access to accredited and non-accredited awards that improve life chances, compliment their personal development and can help them progress towards work and/or further study. Provide services which provide specific interventions within the school day to support children and young people by diversifying the curriculum and offering learning activities which go beyond the core business of the school curriculum while at the same time linking closely with a curriculum for excellence through the broad general education and senior phase. The services to be provided will focus on activities that re-engage children with learning. This lot will provide for general educational services that do not fall within the specification of the other lots. Provide career long professional learning and development opportunities for all staff. Provide learning and development opportunities for volunteers.