Invitation to tender
To deliver family support, training and
information workshops to Hospital Family
Resource Centre staff, volunteers and
individuals in the East Limerick Area
July 2017
Introduction
Hospital Family Resource Centre is a registered charity and Company Limited by Guarantee directed by a
voluntary board of directors. The company was founded in 2003 and has managed national, regional and
local budgets in line with best practise. Our main activities involve supporting families and individuals in
our community through individual and group support, adult education and training, information, advocacy
and awareness raising. We work with a variety of target groups including children, people experiencing
rural isolation, people with disabilities, older people and families. We work in a welcoming and nonjudgemental way and challenge inequality to influence change.
Context: Suite of training to upskill and train Hospital Family Resource Centre staff and volunteers and roll
out of family support skills for members of the community, young people and families living in the rural
East Limerick area. This training will be aimed at
o staff and volunteers with Hospital Family Resource Centre
o members of the community, those who are rurally isolated, young people at risk of leaving school
and those most distant from the labor market or experiencing exclusion.
Summary of work to be done:
Develop and deliver workshops on a range of topics to support and upskill staff and volunteers of Hospital
Family Resource Centre
Develop and deliver workshops on a range of topics to support and upskill members of the community.
Work will take place between January 2018 and December 2018.
Key outputs required from contractor(s):
1. Development and Delivery of Workshops: A proposal and quotation for the Development, facilitation
and delivery of interactive workshops to groups of up to twenty no. persons.
2. All workshops will take place in facilities identified by HFRC
Each workshop would be expected to have, at a minimum, but not exclusively, the following content:
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Invitation to tender
To deliver family support, training and
information workshops to Hospital Family
Resource Centre staff, volunteers and
individuals in the East Limerick Area
June 2017
Lot No.
Workshop Title & Duration
Expected Training Outcomes
Participants in this training gain the knowledge and skills to:
 Conduct a plan for their community/ organisation
 Link actions to Impacts and outcomes
1.
Strategic Planning
2.
Risk Assessment
Participants in this training gain the knowledge and skills to:
 Assess risk in their organisation
 Put measures in place to protect against risk
3.
Introduction to Restorative
practice
(2 sessions x 4hrs)
Participants in this training gain the knowledge and skills to
 Use Restorative Language to consciously build
relationships and prevent the escalation of conflict;
 Have Restorative Conversations that creatively transform
and resolve inter-personal conflict.
4.
Facilitator Training Restorative
practice
(3 days)
5.
Participants in this training gain the knowledge and skills to
use
 Restorative Circles for building good relationships in
groups and for undertaking creative problem-solving;
 Restorative Meetings for transforming and resolving
group conflicts; and
 Restorative Conferences for addressing wrongdoing and
supporting those impacted by wrongdoing to overcome
the harm done to them.
Brief Intervention Skills Training Participants in this training gain the knowledge and skills to
 Adopt a relational approach to their practise
3 sessions x 7 hours
 Use skills to share concerns and challenges in
establishing and maintaining supportive relationships
with families and individuals
 Identify challenges service users may have in building
supportive relationships
Baby massage
6.
6 sessions x 2 hours
7.
Participants in this training gain the knowledge and skills to
 Undertake baby massage
 Understand the benefits of baby massage
 Bond between baby and parent
Parenting support Play therapy Participants in this training gain the knowledge and skills to
group session 6 sessions x 2
 Understand play therapy
hours
 Understand of the benefits of play therapy
 Sooth and communicate using play therapy
Invitation to tender
To deliver family support, training and
information workshops to Hospital Family
Resource Centre staff, volunteers and
individuals in the East Limerick Area
June 2017
8.
Food Safety & Hygiene HACCP
Level 1
2 x 4 hour sessions
9.
Pediatric First Aid
5 x 2 hour courses in various
venues
Participants in this training gain the knowledge and skills of:
 Food Safety Awareness
 Food Contamination and Prevention
 Safe Food Procedures
 Personal Hygiene
 HACCP – Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points System
Food Safety Law in Ireland
 Certification on guiding principals
Participants in this training gain the knowledge and skills to
deal with:
 CPR - Baby / Toddler
 CHOKING - Dealing with a Choking Baby / Toddler
 BURNS / SCALDS
 BREAKS / FRACTURES
 MENINGITIS
 TEMPATURE CONTROL
 POISIONS
Reporting: Within one week of workshop delivery, the contractor will provide copies of the workshop materials
(presentations/handouts, in printed and electronic formats, including the required funding programme
acknowledgements and logos) along with participant details and workshop attendance.
A full workshop outcome report (four page A4, in printed and electronic formats) and summary of participant
key actions must also be sent to Hospital Family Resource Centre
Original participant registration sheets will be retained by Hospital Family Resource Centre
Expected Workshop formats: The workshops will be delivered at venues identified by Hospital Family Resource
Centre.
Workshop format and times will vary between evenings, weekday Mornings and weekends depending on need
Invitation to tender
To deliver family support, training and
information workshops to Hospital Family
Resource Centre staff, volunteers and
individuals in the East Limerick Area
June 2017
NOTES: Hospital Family Resource Centre does not bind itself to accept the lowest price or any tender. It
reserves the right to reject in whole or in part any or all tenders received.
The Contractor must clearly specify which Lot Number(s) they are bidding for in their proposals. A single price
quotation for the work (inclusive of all costs) to be undertaken including provision of all printed materials for
participants.
Please itemise VAT, if applicable, and what regime applies. The proposal will be deemed invalid if this
requirement is not met. (Room hire and refreshment costs should not form part of your quotation, as they will
be covered by Hospital Family Resource Centre).
Successful Contractors should provide their own laptop but presentation screen and projector will be provided
Invitation to tender
To deliver family support, training and
information workshops to Hospital Family
Resource Centre staff, volunteers and
individuals in the East Limerick Area
June 2017
at venues. All hardcopy handouts and other materials for workshop participants should be provided by the
Contractor. Presentations and handouts should contain the logo requirements which will be outlined by
Hospital Family Resource Centre as well as associated funder logos and programme acknowledgements. These
will be forwarded to the winning tenderer.
Workshops will run subject to sufficient participant numbers registered.
The Contractor’s invoice should be submitted on the day of the training delivery and payment will be made
within thirty days by Hospital Family Resource Centre. Payment will not be issued unless all delivery and
reporting requirements are met by the Contractor.
Proposals and quotations should be returned to:
[email protected]
by close of business 5pm on 21st July 2017.
Canvassing will disqualify.