Description of the contract
Flintshire County council are looking to establish a framework agreement of training providers to cover training requirements under the Social Care Workforce Development Programme for the councils social care workforce and also to the Independent Sector with the use of the Flintshire Training Voucher Scheme.
The courses required to be delivered under this framework are as follows
1) Moving and Positioning Passport (2 day course)
2) Moving and Positioning Refresher (1 day course)
3) Supporting the use of medication in social care settings
4) Infection Control
5) Award in Food Safety (certified Level 2)*
6) Epilepsy and Rescue Medication
7) Paediatric Emergency First Aid (certified Level 3)*
8) Dementia basic awareness for Domiciliary Care Staff
9) Health and Wellbeing (Inc. oral health care and mouth care, diet, nutrition and hydration, food care, pressure area care and personal care and continence management)
*The courses should be accredited to the specified level through a recognised awarding body.
Each Course will be an individual lot with providers able to bid for one or more lots.
This Framework Agreement duration will be for an initial 12 months and renewed annually for up to a maximum 4 year period, however funding will be subject to annual grant allocation through Welsh Government. The maximum duration of this framework will be until 31st March 2024 when it will expire.
Within this framework, training will be commissioned through two routes:
1. Direct training commissioned through the WDT as part of the annual workforce development programme for social care workforce. These courses will be commissioned as far as possible at the beginning of each year, enabling clear planning for commissioners and commissioned providers to plan for the year.
2.Training commissioned through Independent Sector with the use of the Flintshire Training Voucher Scheme. These vouchers are provided to Independent Sector Providers to be used as part payment against mandatory/ core training courses under the Social Care Workforce Development Programme training voucher scheme. Each voucher offers a 15 GBP contribution per learner and can be used against any of the 9 identified courses.
The vouchers are used by Independent Care Providers to book staff onto relevant courses delivered through this framework. The vouchers are used to subsidise payment for the course, with the Care Providers then being responsible for the remaining costs of the training. Care Providers can work together to request a specific training course to meet their combined workforce, to reduce the costs to the individual Providers.
The organisations and users who will be using this framework are as follows
1) Flintshire County Council
2) Any service for Flintshire residents-
North Wales Constabulary
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Heath Board
Clinical Commissioning Groups in Flintshire in Flintshire,
3) All residential care homes in Flintshire registered with CIW- existing and new homes during the framework period, https://careinspectorate.wales/service-directory?search_api_fulltext=Care+homes+in+Flintshire
4) Registered Care Homes in Flintshire, registered with Care Inspectorate Wales at the time of the Commencement Date and any that become registered during the Term
5) Domiciliary care providers in Flintshire, registered with Care Inspectorate Wales at the time of the Commencement Date and any that become registered during the Term
6) Personal Assistants to citizens in Flintshire, where the citizen employs the personal assistant via direct payments arrangements
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