Tender: Provision of Statutory Childcare Training — Safeguarding (Level 2 & 3) and Paediatric First Aid for Wrexham County Borough Council

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Wrexham County Borough Council is seeking a supplier to deliver statutory childcare training, providing a minimum of six deliveries of each course: Group B (Level 2) Safeguarding Intermediate, Group C (Level 3) Safeguarding Advanced, Emergency Paediatric First Aid and Full Paediatric First Aid. Courses must align with the National Minimum Standards for Regulated Childcare 2023, be delivered face-to-face to meet the varying needs of the early years and childcare workforce via daytime, evening and weekend sessions, and run for a minimum of eight participants per course. The provider will manage and pay for room bookings, supply participant evaluation information to the council after each course, and must be able to deliver training through the medium of Welsh in line with Welsh Language Standards. The contract is split into two Lots: Lot 1 covers Intermediate Safeguarding (face-to-face, 4–6 hours / 1 day / 2 x evenings) and Advanced Safeguarding (face-to-face, 2 days to be delivered evenings/weekends) with content covering identifying and reporting abuse, safeguarding structure, recognising risks, multi-agency processes and handling allegations; Lot 2 covers Emergency Paediatric First Aid (face-to-face, minimum 6 hours excluding breaks, delivered evenings/weekends) which must include assessment and prioritisation, managing unresponsive breathing and non-breathing babies/children, seizures, choking, bleeding and hypovolemic shock; and Full Paediatric First Aid (face-to-face, minimum 12 hours excluding breaks, delivered evenings/weekends) which must cover the Emergency topics plus anaphylaxis, electric shock, burns/scalds, suspected fractures, head/neck/back injuries, poisoning, foreign bodies in eyes/ears/nose, eye injuries, bites/stings, effects of extreme heat/cold, diabetic emergencies, asthma attacks, allergic reactions, meningitis, febrile convulsions and the role/responsibilities of the paediatric first aider.