Provision of Child Counselling & Support Services: Lots 1-6

The service is for the provision of formal counselling and will follow the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapy (BACP) definition of counselling which is: ‘a professional activity delivered by qualified practitioners in schools. Counsellors offer troubled and/or distressed children and young people an opportunity to talk about their difficulties, within a relationship of agreed confidentiality.’ Therefore confidentiality, accountability and clinical supervision are paramount. The allocation of sessions to each school will be based on the funding available to the school (number of pupils). Through discussion with school staff these should be a mixture of both one to one counselling and group work. Bidders are required to specify the cost of sessions as well as the type of counselling approach and anticipated duration for each referral. This service shall be delivered to young people aged 11 to 18 years who attend an ERC mainstream secondary school and have mild to moderate mental health difficulties which are at risk of or are causing distress and impacting on the day to day life of the child or young person. Examples of mild to moderate mental health difficulties include but are not limited to anxiety, mild depression, distress, phobias, mild self-harm, mild obsessive compulsive difficulties and behaviours symptomatic of relational disconnection and trauma, for example, in relation to transitions, bereavement and loss, friendship problems, self-esteem, loneliness, school pressures and social and family issues.

The service is for the provision of formal counselling and will follow the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapy (BACP) definition of counselling which is: ‘a professional activity delivered by qualified practitioners in schools. Counsellors offer troubled and/or distressed children and young people an opportunity to talk about their difficulties, within a relationship of agreed confidentiality.’ Therefore confidentiality, accountability and clinical supervision are paramount. The allocation of sessions to each school will be based on the funding available to the school (number of pupils). Bidders are required to specify the cost of sessions as well as the type of counselling approach and anticipated duration for each referral. This service shall be delivered to children / young people aged 4 and a half to 12 years (Primary 1 - 7) who are attending an ERC mainstream primary school and have mild to moderate mental health difficulties which are at risk of or are causing distress and impacting on the day to day life of the child or young person. Examples of mild to moderate mental health difficulties include but are not limited to anxiety, mild depression, distress, phobias, mild self-harm, mild obsessive compulsive difficulties and behaviours symptomatic of relational disconnection and trauma, for example, in relation to transitions, bereavement and loss, friendship problems, self-esteem, loneliness, school pressures and social and family issues.

The service is for the provision of group work for children and young people targeting moderate mental health difficulties include but are not limited to anxiety, mild depression, distress, phobias, mild self-harm, mild obsessive compulsive difficulties and behaviours symptomatic of relational disconnection and trauma, for example, in relation to transitions, bereavement and loss, friendship problems, self-esteem, loneliness, school pressures and social and family issues. The allocation of group-work sessions to each school will be based on the funding available to the school (number of pupils). Bidders are required to specify the price of group sessions for 3-6 pupils as well as the type of group work and anticipated duration for each group. This service shall be delivered to children and young people aged 4 and a half to 12 years (Primary 1 - 7) who attend an ERC mainstream primary school and have mild to moderate mental health difficulties which are at risk of or are causing distress and impacting on the day to day life of the child or young person. The service must complement and build upon the range of whole-school and targeted approaches already available in ERC schools to help support the mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing of children and young people.

The service is for the provision of Play Therapy for children and young people targeting moderate mental health difficulties include but are not limited to anxiety, mild depression, distress, phobias, mild self-harm, mild obsessive compulsive difficulties and behaviours symptomatic of relational disconnection and trauma, for example, in relation to transitions, bereavement and loss, friendship problems, self-esteem, loneliness, school pressures and social and family issues. The allocation of therapy sessions to each school will be based on the funding available to the school (number of pupils). Bidders are required to specify the price of therapy sessions as well as the type of therapeutic intervention and anticipated duration for each session. This service shall be delivered to children and young people aged 4 and a half to 12 years (Primary 1 - 7) who attend an ERC mainstream primary school and have mild to moderate mental health difficulties which are at risk of or are causing distress and impacting on the day to day life of the child or young person.

The service is for the provision of Art Therapy for children and young people targeting moderate mental health difficulties include but are not limited to anxiety, mild depression, distress, phobias, mild self-harm, mild obsessive compulsive difficulties and behaviours symptomatic of relational disconnection and trauma, for example, in relation to transitions, bereavement and loss, friendship problems, self-esteem, loneliness, school pressures and social and family issues. The allocation of therapy sessions to each school will be based on the funding available to the school (number of pupils). Bidders are required to specify the cost of sessions as well as the type of therapeutic work and anticipated duration for each session. This service shall be delivered to children and young people aged 4 and a half to 12 years (Primary 1 - 7) who attend an ERC mainstream primary and have mild to moderate mental health difficulties which are at risk of or are causing distress and impacting on the day to day life of the child or young person.

The service is for the provision of Drama Therapy for children and young people targeting moderate mental health difficulties include but are not limited to anxiety, mild depression, distress, phobias, mild self-harm, mild obsessive compulsive difficulties and behaviours symptomatic of relational disconnection and trauma, for example, in relation to transitions, bereavement and loss, friendship problems, self-esteem, loneliness, school pressures and social and family issues. The allocation of therapy sessions to each school will be based on the funding available to the school (number of pupils). Bidders are required to specify the cost of sessions as well as the type of therapeutic work and anticipated duration for each session. This service shall be delivered to children / young people aged 4 and a half to 12 years (Primary 1 - 7) who attend an ERC mainstream primary and have mild to moderate mental health difficulties which are at risk of or are causing distress and impacting on the day to day life of the child or young person.

• Counselling service (one to one and group work) to 7 mainstream secondary schools
• Reference: 032195-2024-erc000327-1

• Counselling service (one to one) to 24 mainstream primary schools
• Reference: 032195-2024-erc000327-2

• Group work to 24 mainstream primary schools
• Reference: 032195-2024-erc000327-3

• Play Therapy to 24 mainstream primary schools
• Reference: 032195-2024-erc000327-4

• Art Therapy to 24 mainstream primary schools
• Reference: 032195-2024-erc000327-5

• Drama Therapy to 24 mainstream primary schools
• Reference: 032195-2024-erc000327-6