ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Awarded contract

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Award of Level 2 Safeguarding Children Training Contract to SIGNIS LTD

Awarded 31 Aug 2016

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Awarded31 Aug 2016

Value£500,000.00

SupplierSIGNIS LTD

AgencyESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

RegionEast of England

CategoryEducation & Training

Ended 7y 2mo ago2y 12mo term

Awarded 31 Aug 2016Expired 30 Aug 2019

About

Essex County Council awarded a contract to SIGNIS LTD for the delivery of Level 2 Safeguarding Children training across Essex, commissioned by the Essex Safeguarding Children Board (ESCB), the Early Years and Childcare Service (EYCC), and the Essex Social Care Academy (ESCA).

The training is to be delivered in sector-specific sessions for early years and childcare providers, Family Operations staff including foster carers, short break carers, and family and friends carers, as well as to a multi-agency audience.

The contract also allows for in-house safeguarding training sessions, arranged with the requesting organisation, either as a one-day course of approximately six hours or as modular sessions over two or three days within a specified period.

The contract value is £500,000.

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