Original Tender Description
The Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP) is seeking to commission a comprehensive programme of multi-agency safeguarding training for professionals and volunteers working with children and families across Birmingham. This procurement will support BSCP's statutory duty to ensure that organisations collaborate effectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
BSCP is the statutory safeguarding partnership for Birmingham, comprising Birmingham City Council, Birmingham & Solihull Integrated Care Board, and West Midlands Police. The Partnership sets local safeguarding priorities, coordinates multi-agency arrangements, and ensures learning from audits, reviews, and national guidance is embedded in practice. High-quality training is a critical component of this work, enabling practitioners to maintain and develop the skills required to protect children and young people.
The successful provider will deliver/manage a range of training courses and webinars designed to meet the diverse needs of the safeguarding workforce. The programme will include over 50 courses and webinars a year. The provider will be able to proactively source trainers with relevant skills and experience to deliver training in a ever changing environment.
Training must:
Reflect current legislation, statutory guidance, and local priorities.
Incorporate learning from Serious Case Reviews, audits, and thematic reports.
Promote multi-agency collaboration, professional curiosity, and effective challenge.
Be accessible to a wide audience, including statutory agencies, voluntary sector organisations, and faith groups.
Core Training Themes
Child Protection Fundamentals: Roles, responsibilities, and thresholds.
Specialist Safeguarding Topics:
Child exploitation (criminal and sexual).
Domestic abuse, coercive control, and perpetrator-focused approaches.
Safeguarding disabled children and cultural competence.
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) awareness.
Emerging Priorities:
Mental health awareness for community and faith organisations.
Online safety and radicalisation prevention.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma-informed practice.
Practice Development:
Professional curiosity and escalation.
Strengthening Families Framework.
Learning from local and national reviews.
Delivery Model
Format: A mix of virtual and face-to-face sessions.
Approach: Interactive, discussion-based learning with practical application.
Evaluation: The Provider must implement robust feedback mechanisms and report attendance and impact data.
Objectives
This procurement aims to:
Strengthen safeguarding practice across Birmingham.
Ensure consistent, high-quality learning opportunities for all agencies.
Embed a culture of continuous improvement and shared responsibility for child protection.