That the contract for the Trauma Informed Reflective Practice Learning Programme on the basis of a maximum total duration of 3 years be awarded to the preferred bidder as set out in exempt Appendix 1.

To award a contract to the preferred bidder following a tender exercise and evaluation of bids by a panel of evaluators from the organisations funding the programme.

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This decision will come into force and may be implemented on 2 October 2023 unless the call-in procedure is triggered (as set out in the Standing Orders in relation to Overview and Scrutiny).

Approval was sought to award a contract for purchasing a Reflective Learning Programme on Trauma Informed Practice on behalf of several teams within the Council, as well as for partner organisations, whose staff will all be participants in the programme.

The learning programme was intended to build upon a trauma-informed practice reflective learning programme which has been delivered via external grant funding since 2021. The programme enabled front facing staff to develop and embed a trauma-informed approach to individuals seeking support.  Whilst also providing new possibilities for understanding how best to engage people with multiple and complex vulnerabilities who were essentially excluded from services; by seeking to understand what had happened to them and how their experiences had shaped their behaviours and responses.

At the meeting Councillor Tranter proposed and Councillor David Thomas seconded a motion that was agreed unanimously by the Cabinet, as set out above.

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