PQ0444- Employment provider for the 14-19 full participation and skills supported internship programme

Birmingham City Council's (BCC) Children's and Young People's Directorate, 14-19 Full Participation and Skills Team will be running a Supported Internship (SI) Programme which will start in September 2023. The Supported Internship Programme will offer a structured work-based study programme that will support young people 16- to 24-year-olds with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and/or who have an Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP).

As part of the programme we require an Employment Provider who will work in collaboration with the 14-19 Team, the host placement, and the Education Provider to offer the provision of Job Coaches whose role will be to provide a valuable link between the host placement and Intern ensuring any concerns from either party are addressed and will assist with many aspects of employment services, including helping the intern to build their skills for the job role and breaking tasks down into manageable bite-sized chunks. The Job Coach will provide on-site training and ensure that information is presented to the interns in a format that they are able to understand. This includes the co-ordination of progress reports between the host placement and the Intern. The Job Coach will build trust between themselves and the intern so that they are able to support the interns interests, health and wellbeing to enable them to reach their full potential.

The aim of the programme is to offer a substantial work placement that will lead to paid employment.

The 14-19 Team are working in collaboration with DFN Project Search, The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTI), the Department for Education (DfE) and British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) who are our funding and delivery support partners.

The programme will;

• oStart with twenty-four young people on the pilot programme in the first year 2023
• oIncrease the number of young people on the programme year on year
• oLast for a period of 12 months
• oWill run for two consecutive years up to 2025

Responses must be returned via the councils tender portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/, where you will have free access to all tender documentation

The Invitation to Quotation is being issued using the Council's e-tendering system In-tend and the remainder of the procurement process will be managed using the system. Therefore, all quotes must be submitted by Quotation providers via the In-tend system. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

Tender deadline noon on 11th May 2023

Additional information: The Invitation to Quotation is being issued using the Council's e-tendering system In-tend and the remainder of the procurement process will be managed using the system. Therefore, all quotes must be submitted by Quotation providers via the In-tend system. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No