Child Counselling in Education Establishments
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Glasgow City Council, in collaboration with West Dunbartonshire Council, has completed the awarding stage of a public procurement for "Child Counselling in Education Establishments". This contract, aimed at improving mental health services for children and young people, falls under the "General public services" industry category. The services to be provided include one-to-one counselling, play therapy, and art therapy within primary and secondary schools across Glasgow and West Dunbartonshire.
The framework agreement was awarded on 18th February 2025, with the procurement method being an open procedure, ensuring transparency and competitiveness. This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses with expertise in delivering counselling and therapeutic services to children. SMEs such as Lifelink, With Kids, and Impact Arts (Projects) Ltd have already been successful in securing various lots within this contract, highlighting the potential for smaller firms to compete effectively.
Companies specialising in child therapy, mental health services, and evidence-based interventions will find this contract particularly beneficial for growth, providing a platform to demonstrate their impact and expand their service reach within the educational sector.
Glasgow City Council invited tender bids to be part of a framework from suppliers with experience in delivering Counselling Services and other evidence based interventions to pupils aged 5-18 years within all mainstream primary and secondary schools across Glasgow and in secondary schools in West Dunbartonshire. The provider(s) must: - Improve children and young people's mental health and be outcome focussed; - Provide easy access to the service evidenced by referral numbers, accepted numbers and waiting times for intervention; - Ensure children and young people receive the support they need in a structured way, working through a programme of care including outcome measures, goal-based outcomes and children's plans, - Ensure children and young people are receiving the right help at the right time, - Foster strong relationship-based Interventions and care plans for children and young people, - Ensure children and young people and carers are well informed of available supports and services and can access the supports with marketing information regarding the service being provided in appropriate formats and media via school setting. The provider(s) must be able to provide the following management information during the contract: - A set of case studies and quotes report based on qualitative data from actual referrals, - A termly update report which provides a top line overview of programme activities and outcomes, - End of year evaluation report, assessing the counselling outcomes and wider impact.
Access to Counselling service (one to one) for Primary 1-7 pupils across the 141 Primary schools within Glasgow in line with the information detailed in section II.1.4
Access to Play therapy for Primary 1-7 pupils across the 141 mainstream primary schools in Glasgow in line with the information detailed in in section II.1.4.
Access to Art Therapy for Primary 1-7 pupils across the 141 mainstream primary schools in Glasgow in line with the information detailed in section II.1.4
Access to Counselling services for pupils within 30 mainstream secondary schools in Glasgow and in secondary schools in West Dunbartonshire in line with the information detailed in section II.1.4
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