Provision of Scottish Government Counselling in Schools

West Dunbartonshire Council are seeking an organisation to provide a Youth Counselling Service in West Dunbartonshire Schools.

The service purpose is to provide confidential counselling for young people in all 6 secondary schools.

The aim is to promote positive emotional health and wellbeing in learners attending secondary school by:

Providing direct counselling to young people following referral to the service for a range of emotional health issues;

Signposting and facilitating onward referrals of young people experiencing crisis to appropriate agencies;

Supporting and enabling staff to support emotionally vulnerable young people;

To improve the overall emotional health of young people using the service;

Raising the visibility of emotionally vulnerable young people in schools, community and at home where appropriate.

The counselling must be provided by an accredited qualified counsellor.

The bidder must complete and submit, with their tender response the following additional documents:

WD09 Financial Vetting

WD16 Police Scotland Check

WD18 Declaration Page

The above mentioned documents are provided with the tender documents and can be located within a folder in the general attachment area of the Master ITT.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 27926. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 27926. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Tenderers will be required to complete and submit WD19 Social Benefits Questionnaire as part of their tender submission.