CO0570 Systemic Training - Adult & Children & Families Services ESCA

Systemic social work is a way of responding to family problems by recognising that we are all part of complex systems.

Essex County Council's Children and Families (C&F) service overarching approach is relationship based, within this we use four main theoretical models; Systemic Practice, Solution Focused Practice, Strengths Based Approach and Restorative Practice. These four models provide practitioners with the skills and knowledge to deliver relationship based social work practice in Essex. Please refer to Appendix A Our Vision and Values for Children and Families.

Essex County Council's Adult Social Care (ASC) is one of the first County Councils nationally to adopt the Systemic Practice model into ASC. Systemic Practice is one of the 3 key elements of ASC's Practice Model, we have named Inclusive Essex. This also includes Trauma Informed Practice and being Strengths-Based. This helps all staff in Adult Social Care. As of 2024 Systemic practice also forms part of our mandatory CPD offer to ASC staff called our 'Essentials Programme'

The scope of the Systemic Training course is to deliver courses with Adults Social Care workforce and Children and Families workforce.

The requirement has been split into the following Lots. Lot 1 -Systemic Training for Children & Families and Adults Lot 2 - Systemic Strategic Training for Leadership and Management across ASC & C&F

Lot 1 (A) Children and Families

Within the C&F services most of our training courses run face to face and are to be held centrally at County Hall, Chelmsford. ESCA will organise and finance venues for the training to take place. The only session the Children and Families service require to be delivered virtually is Team Manager Group Supervision.

The target audience for this training course will be alternatively qualified workers, qualified social workers, senior practitioners, team & service managers, heads of service and directors from Children and Families.

The aim of the training programme is to upskill participants with core systemic theories, which transfers into relational social work practice.

Lot 1 (B) Adults

Within ASC most of our training courses run face to face and are to be held centrally at County Hall, Chelmsford. ESCA will organise and finance venues for the training to take place.

Lot 2 - Strategic Leadership and Management

The scope for the Strategic Leadership and Management programme is to deliver these courses with combined cohorts of Adult Social Care staff and Children and Families staff, commencing April 2025.

This course is to be delivered face to face at County Hall, Chelmsford. ESCA will organise and finance venues for the training to take place.

The target audience for this training course will be Directors, Service Managers and Aspiring Senior Managers.

Providers are able to bid for both Lots, if they can meet the requirements set out in the Specification.