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South London and Maudsley

NHS Foundation Trust

Empowering Parents Empowering Communities (EPEC)

Scaling Programme

Wave 6.0

Expression of Interest form

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October 2020

Contents

1.0 Introduction2

1.1 What is Empowering Parents Empowering Communities2

1.2 What EPEC parenting programmes are available?3

1.3 What is the value of EPEC for local services and commissioners?4

1.4 What is the impact of EPEC on children, parents and families?4

1.5 What is the impact of EPEC on neighbourhoods and communities?4

1.6 What is the impact of EPEC on parent group leaders?5

1.7 What is an EPEC hub?5

1.8 What is the EPEC Scaling programme?5

1.9 How do we join the EPEC Scaling Programme?6

1.10 Can you give an example of what phases 1 and 2 of the EPEC Scaling Programme involves?7

2.0 Joining the EPEC Scaling Programme9

2.1 What is the membership application process?9

2.2 What is role of the lead organisation?9

2.3 What is the role of partners and consortium members?9

2.4 What financial information about the EPEC hub do you need to provide?9

2.5 What happens when?9

2.6 What is the membership application timetable for wave 6 2021?9

3.0 Your application12

3.1 About your organisation12

3.2 Your strategic context for setting up an EPEC Hub14

3.3 What is the service context for setting up and running your EPEC hub?15

3.4 Your operational plan for setting up and running your EPEC hub15

3.5 Your expertise for setting up and running an EPEC hub17

3.6 Your Finances to Support Setting Up and Running Your EPEC Hub18

4.0 Your undertaking as an applicant18

Appendix 120

1.0 Introduction

This document provides an overview Empowering Parents Empowering Communities (EPEC), its Scaling Programme, and how to become an EPEC Hub. It includes the Expression of Interest Form you need to complete to join the Scaling Programme as well as guidance on completing it.

Funding from NESTA/Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 2018/19 enabled South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation trust/King’s College, London to successfully establish effective methods for the dissemination and implementation of the Empowering Parents Empowering Communities parenting programme. The EPEC Scaling Programme includes:

· Face to face training days that introduce EPEC’s community-based, peer-led parenting approach, share the content and methods of the EPEC Being a Parent parenting course, and EPEC’s methods of training parent group leaders, supervision, quality assurance and evaluation.

· Online access to all relevant EPEC’s materials, including Being a Parent course and training manuals.

· Online use to EPEC’s social network platform via SLACK so that you can connect with all other EPEC sites.

· Access to EPEC’s online activity monitoring and outcome evaluation online system and receipt of local evaluation and benchmarking reports.

· Access for 15 months to regular National EPEC Team expertise, know-how and consultation to support your EPEC set up and implementation.

· Places at EPEC’s annual conference and celebration

Membership of the Scaling Programme will enable you to:

· Set up your own local EPEC Hub.

· Recruit and train certified local parents as EPEC parent group leaders.

· Develop expertise to deliver a rolling programme of EPEC parenting courses in your local communities

· Provide supervision, evaluation and quality assurance to ensure your EPEC Hub’s effectiveness and positive child and family outcomes.

Successful members of the Programme use the first two terms to set up their Hub, train up to 16 local parent group leaders and plan their rolling programme of EPEC courses. New Hubs usually then aim to provide up to 8 EPEC courses for up to 80 local parents in the following two terms of the first phase. In the second phase, new Hubs typically aim to provide up to 12 local EPEC courses for up to 120 parents. In the second phase, Hubs are usually planning to expand their EPEC course programme, increase the number of parent group leaders as well as the types of EPEC group programmes they offer.

1.1 What is Empowering Parents Empowering Communities

Empowering Parents Empowering Communities is an internationally recognised evidence-based, peer-led parenting programme.

· EPEC is a well tried and tested approach for improving the scale, access and effectiveness of local parenting support for socially disadvantaged families and excluded communities.

· EPEC parenting courses are organised by practitioners working in a local EPEC Hub who recruit, train, support and train local parents to become EPEC parent group leaders.

· Parent group leaders then work in pairs to facilitate EPEC parenting courses for other parents within their communities.

EPEC has been running for over 15 years. Thousands of parents have attended EPEC courses and hundreds of parents have been trained as EPEC parent group leaders. EPEC is available in over 25 areas in the UK. Our work is supported by an active research and evaluation programme led by King’s College, London.

The National EPEC Team is part of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLAM). SLAM, with its academic partners in Kings Health Partners, is a leading international centre for the development and dissemination of evidence-based innovations, interventions and practice.

1.2 What EPEC parenting programmes are available?

EPEC began developing parenting courses over 15 years ago with the Being a Parent programme. This course is designed for parents of children aged 2-11 years. The course is highly interactive and designed to change the way that parents think, feel and parent their children. The course focusses on helping parents to:

· Manage parent stress and build family resilience.

· Build parental capacity for reflective function, emotional regulation and understanding their children’s needs.

· Develop skills to communicate, interact and nurture their children warmly, safely and effectively.

· Use social learning and behavioural skills to encourage positive child behaviour and reduce difficult and challenging behaviour.

· Promote and stimulate children’s play, communication and learning.

· Create consistent, stable family routines and environments.

· Build emotional and practical social support, community connected and belonging.

Since completing a series of research trials and large scale delivery of Being a Parent courses, the EPEC National Team has developed further parenting programmes aims at parents of infants and parents of teenagers:

· Baby & Us for parent of babies and infants age 0-1 year.

· Living with Teenagers for parents of young people aged 12-16 years.

The National team has also produce specialist versions of its programmes for parents and children with specific needs including:

· Parents whose children have autism and autistic spectrum disorders.

· Parents whose children have ADHD.

· Parents who have severe mental health problems.

· Resilience workshops for parents whose children are in transition from primary to secondary school.

· Parents at risk of parental conflict.

The Scaling Programme is designed for its members to begin developing its local Hub focussed on using EPEC’s Being a Parent programme. In the second phase, Hubs build on this foundation by being able to expand the types of EPEC programmes available from those listed above.

The published research evidence for EPEC programmes is provided in Appendix 1.

1.3 What is the value of EPEC for local services and commissioners?

EPEC is a very cost-effective way to improve the scale of parenting support because it is possible to provide between four and six EPEC parenting courses for the cost of one profession-led parenting programme. EPEC is very efficient because most courses are full and most parents complete their eight week course. There are few spare places and few parents who drop-out.

· EPEC successfully reaches and engages families who experience social and economic disadvantage and excluded communities in ways that other parenting programmes may struggle.

· EPEC is a catalyst that creates highly successful partnerships between services and communities. EPEC is a very effective way to mobilise strengths and assets of parents and communities.

1.4 What is the impact of EPEC on children, parents and families?

Parents attending EPEC course learn practical parenting skills for everyday family life. Parents increase their abilities to bring up confident, happy and co-operative children. Crèches are provided alongside each group and parents attending the course can choose to gain certification for their course learning and contributions.

Research and practice evidence shows that EPEC improves the following outcomes for children, young people and families:

· Children’s social, emotional and behavioural development.

· Children’s readiness for school and learning.

· Classroom behaviour.

· Parenting, parent confidence and well-being.

· Family communication, interaction, routines and resilience.

· Social support and social capital.

· Parent engagement and service uptake.

· Early identification of risk and effective early intervention.

· Efficiency, cost-effectiveness and integration of local parenting support.

1.5 What is the impact of EPEC on neighbourhoods and communities?

Families living in socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods and excluded communities can struggle to get access to effective and acceptable parenting support.

Research and practice evidence shows that EPEC improves the following outcomes for neighbourhoods and communities:

· Increased number of local parenting courses.

· Parenting courses that are popular and well-attended.

· Community members supporting and running local parenting courses.

· Better access to effective parenting support.

· Parenting support that involves community members and reflects their diversity.

· Co-produced parenting support that reflects the needs and priorities of local neighbourhoods and communities.

1.6 What is the impact of EPEC on parent group leaders?

Parents receive a thorough, evidence-based, certified training to become EPEC parent group leaders. Parent group leaders receive ongoing support and supervision from EPEC Hub practitioners to ensure their practice is safe, high quality and effective. Parent group leaders are core members of each EPEC Hub. Local Hubs reimburse parent group leaders for agreed payment and expenses incurred as required.

Our research and practice evidence shows that EPEC achieves the following outcomes for parent group leaders:

· Improved self-confidence and self-efficacy

· Greater community leadership

· Improved group work and personal skills

· Improved knowledge and expertise in parenting and child development

· Increased personal aspirations, employability and financial independence

· Certificated learning and knowledge

1.7 What is an EPEC hub?

An EPEC Hub is the core of local EPEC provision. It is staffed by an EPEC Coordinator, supported by an EPEC trainer, supervisor and administrative support. The exact staffing within an individual hub will depend on the scale and number of EPEC courses it runs. For example, a 0.6wte Hub coordinator, with the support of 0.2wte co-trainer/supervisor working with 12-16 trained parent group leaders gives a new Hub the capacity to provide up to 12 Being a Parent courses over the course of 12 months, reaching up to 150 parents.

Key tasks for an EPEC Hub include:

· Organising the programme of local EPEC parenting courses

· Conducting parent outreach and engagement

· Recruiting and training local parent group leaders

· Providing supervision and quality assurance

· Networking and liaising with multiagency colleagues and services

· Reporting EPEC activity and impact to multiagency partners

Local hubs are responsible for completing all necessary DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks and other checks as required for the parent group leader arrangements.

We are happy to share information about job descriptions/person specs and other documentation that will help you with planning your Hub.

1.8 What is the EPEC Scaling programme?

Through the Scaling Programme, the National EPEC team supports health, social care, education early years, voluntary sector and other organisations to set up and run EPEC in their local area for their local communities. We will help partner organisations to set up an EPEC Hub in their services.

The Scaling Programmes offers the following to partner organisations:

· Training days for appointed Hub staff to develop in-depth knowledge and understanding of:

· Setting up and running a Hub in their local area

· Recruitment, training and support of local parent group leaders

· Supervision and quality assurance of local EPEC course

· EPEC’s monitoring and evaluation systems.

· Training and participation in EPEC national certification for parent group leader training.

· Access to Hub and parent group leader development workshop materials.

· Access, through SLACK, to EPEC social network platform, which enables Hubs to communicate with each other and with the National team.

· Access, through Dropbox, to our electronic library of EPEC course manuals, quality assurance and support documents that will enable you to run EPEC in your local area.

· Access to EPEC electronic monitoring, through google sheets, and evaluation system, through qualtrics, so that you can evaluate each EPEC group you run and compare the outcomes to our national benchmarks.

· Free places for your Hub staff and parent group leaders at our National EPEC conference.

· Ongoing support, advice and guidance from the National EPEC team.

· Two quality assurance visits per year from the National Team to review your Hub’s delivery of EPEC and celebrate your success.

The fee for the comprehensive package of training, support activities and materials available in the Scaling Programme is £17,600 for phase 1, 15 months. The EPEC National team provides a range of packages of Ongoing Support for phase 2 onwards that are tailored to the needs of individual Hubs. These packages range in cost from £5,000-£10,000 per annum. Further information is available about these support packages in the document ‘Local Hub Continuity and Sustainability: Ongoing National EPEC Team Support’.

Following successful set up, Hubs can then expand the range of EPEC programmes they use. These include Living with Teenagers, Baby & Us as well as more specialist courses for parents of children with ADHD, parents of children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and parents with significant mental health difficulties.

1.9 How do we join the EPEC Scaling Programme?

We usually run the Scaling Programme once a year, usually starting in January. Each wave of the Programme includes up to eight new Hubs.

We really prefer to have introductory conversations with organisations who are interested in EPEC. It is probably the best way for you to get to know about EPEC and the Scaling Programme. It gives us a chance to understand how EPEC can contribute to your service priorities, commissioning aims and the needs of local families and communities.

The aim is to develop a good understanding of:

· The ways in which the proposed EPEC Hub and will contribute to your wider local strategic priorities for children, parents and families

· The multiagency relationships that will support Hub outreach, parent engagement and EPEC parenting course delivery for families and communities.

· Your plan for your EPEC Hub implementation and the operational resources and support available.

· Your plan to successfully recruit, train and support a cohort of local parent group leaders.

· Your experience and expertise in parenting and parenting programmes, evidence-based approaches, and peer-led partnerships.

· The financial resources you are committing.

· Your plans for sustaining your EPEC Hub so that it can to continue deliver EPEC courses.

To formally become a member of the Scaling Programme, you will need to complete an Empowering Parents Empowering Communities (EPEC) Expression of Interest (EOI) Form, which is described below. The Form mainly covers the topics listed above. Organisations can apply to set up and develop more than one EPEC Hub in their local area and/or organisation. Please contact us to discuss this in more detail.

Partner organisations will enter into a licence agreement with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust at the beginning of the Scaling Programme in order to protect EPEC intellectual property and identify the roles and responsibilities of the local site and the national EPEC team.

1.10 Can you give an example of what phases 1 and 2 of the EPEC Scaling Programme involves?

The first fifteen months is focussed on helping you to set up your Hub team, recruit and train your parent group leaders and deliver a programme of EPEC courses in your selected neighbourhoods and communities.

Phase 2 gives you the opportunity to consolidate your Hub and parent group leaders, extend the reach of your EPEC course programme into new neighbourhoods and communities, increase the number of EPEC courses your running, and develop expertise in more of EPEC programmes.

Before Scaling Programme starts:

· Partner organisation signs EPEC Licence and SLA/contract.

· Local EPEC Hub staff appointed, operational and strategic accountability agreed.

Scaling Programme January to March (Spring Term)

· Local EPEC Hub coordinator and accountable manager attends 3-day Hub familiarisation & training event.

· Local stakeholder services and community networks are engaged in local EPEC delivery and milestones.

· Local EPEC Hub coordinators and local stakeholders begin recruitment of local volunteer parent group leaders and identify locations for first four EPEC courses.

· EPEC Hub Coordinator and additional local co-trainer complete 4-day trainer training for EPEC parent group leader training.

· Establish local reporting and accountability arrangements.

· Undertake concerted networking to mobilise other local services and generate commitment to EPEC and the provision of courses.

· Undertake outreach to engage parents, mobilise services and communities and facilitate course recruitment.

· Use EPEC Dropbox, SLACK, google sheets and qualtrics evaluation systems

· EPEC Hub Coordinator receives on-going support from National EPEC Team.

Scaling Programme April – August (Summer Term)

· EPEC-Hub completes recruitment, selection, training and certification of up to 16 EPEC parent group leaders.

· EPEC Hub Coordinator completes 3-day training in EPEC supervision methods and content.

· Supervision and support to the trainers to ensure course quality and fidelity

· Local EPEC Hub organises venues and programme for up to four EPEC courses for Autumn Term.

· EPEC Hub completes organisation, promotion and parent engagement for four local EPEC courses.



· Use EPEC Dropbox, SLACK, google sheets and qualtrics evaluation systems


· EPEC Hub provides quarterly report and activity/outcome data to local strategic stakeholders and National EPEC Team.

Scaling Programme September – December (Autumn Term)

· EPEC Hub begins delivery of first four EPEC courses (n=40 parents).

· Hub completes first four EPEC parenting courses

· EPEC Hub coordinator completes organisation, promotion and parent engagement for further four EPEC courses for spring term.

· EPEC Hub recruits further parent group leaders and undertakes training, if required.



· Use EPEC Dropbox, SLACK, google sheet and qualtrics evaluation systems

· EPEC team reviews programme progress, parent group leader recruitment and training, and first four parent courses.

· Attend EPEC National EPEC conference

· EPEC Hub coordinator receives on-going support from national EPEC team.


· EPEC Hub provides quarterly report and activity/outcome data to local strategic stakeholders and National EPEC Team.

Scaling Programme January – March (Spring term)

· EPEC Hub completes delivery of second cohort of four EPEC courses (n=40 parents).

· Supervision and support to the group leaders to ensure course quality and fidelity

· EPEC Hub completes organisation, promotion and parent engagement for up to four further local EPEC courses for delivery Summer term.



· Use EPEC Dropbox, SLACK, google sheet and qualtrics evaluation systems

· EPEC Hub provides quarterly report and activity/outcome data to local strategic stakeholders and national EPEC team to review programme progress

· National EPEC team reviews quality assurance and impact monitoring.

· National EPEC team works with local stakeholders to confirm sustainability plans.

· Agree EPEC provision and programme for further year/years.

· EPEC Hub Coordinator receives on-going support from national EPEC team.

Scaling Programme Phase 2 Months 1-12

· EPEC Hub complete delivery of EPEC course programme in existing and new locations

· EPEC Hub and parent group leaders undertake training in additional EPEC evidence based programmes as determined by local needs.

· Supervision and support to the group leaders to ensure course quality and fidelity

· Conduct parent group leader development events

· EPEC Hub continue organisation, promotion and parent engagement for continuing programme of EPEC courses.

· Maintain concerted networking to mobilise other local services and generate commitment to EPEC and the provision of courses.

· Continue use of EPEC Dropbox, SLACK, google sheets and qualtrics evaluation systems

· Attend EPEC National EPEC conference

· EPEC Hub provide quarterly report and activity/outcome data to local strategic stakeholders and national EPEC team to review programme progress

· National EPEC team reviews quality assurance and impact monitoring.

· National EPEC team works with local stakeholders to confirm sustainability plans

· Agree EPEC provision and programme for Year 3

· EPEC Hub Coordinator receives on-going support from national EPEC team.

2.0 Joining the EPEC Scaling Programme 2.1 What is the membership application process?

The application process consists of two stages.

Stage one: is a fully open process in which interested organisations are invited to submit their Expressions of Interest by the submission date for each round. Stage two: Expressions of Interest are evaluated and successful organisation invited to agree Scaling Programme arrangements, complete licence and SLAs.

2.2 What is role of the lead organisation?The organisation that completes and submits an application will have responsibility for and will be accountable for their financial commitment to setting up and running the Hub. They will be our main point of contact on behalf of any partnership. We expect this organisation will have responsibility for the successful implementation of the EPEC Hub and the monitoring and delivery requirements set out in the requirements section.

2.3 What is the role of partners and consortium members?Partners and Consortium members are responsible for ensuring agreements are signed setting out the roles and responsibilities for delivering the project.

2.4 What financial information about the EPEC hub do you need to provide?

Partner organisations need to fund the staffing and non-pay costs of setting up and running your hub. Partner organisations also need to fund the costs of the Scaling Programme. You should consider items such as:

2.5 What happens when?

We need to receive your application by the deadline given on the programme timetable below.

2.6 What is the membership application timetable for wave 6 2021?

There will be two rounds of application and selection. The timetable is shown below, see below.

National EPEC Team Activity

Round 1*

Distribution of EOI packs

October 2020

EPEC Team consult with Applicant

October-November 2020

Consultation day for Q&A and support with application (MS Teams)

16th and/or 20th November 2020

Receive EOI Final Submission

27th November 2020

Appoint Partner Organisations

4th December 2020

Licences sent out for signature

7th December 2020

Signed licences returned

No later than 18th December 2020

Scaling programme commences / training starts

5th January 2021

*Applicants must note that dates may be subject to change

2.7 What important information should be checked?

2.7.1 Have we made sure that the application form works correctly?

Cut, paste and save a copy of the Expression of Interest Form in Section 3 of this document onto your computer with the name of your organisation in the name of the document

Type directly onto this form. Text boxes should grow as you type into them.

You strongly advised to keep copy of your application. You will also need this if the National EPEC Team needs to clarify and/or discuss your answers with you during the application process.

This is a fully open process, organisations are encouraged to have constant dialogue with the EPEC team.

We recommend that applicants provide a single point of contact in their organisation for the contract/project. We recommend that applicants notify the EPEC National team promptly of any changes in this regard.

2.7.2 What should we do before completing the application form?

We have produced publications which we recommend you familiarise yourself with first before starting your application, available on the Centre for Parent and Child Support Website – www.cpcs.org.uk:

· EPEC Nesta DCMS Scaling Programme Summary Report

· EPEC Nesta DCMS Scaling Programme Final Report

· EPEC Fact Sheet 1_Overview

· EPEC Fact Sheet 2_Evidence & Outcomes

· EPEC Fact Sheet 3_Commissioner

· EPEC Fact Sheet 4_ Developing a Local EPEC Hub

· EPEC Fact Sheet 5_ Parent impact and experience

· EPEC Fact Sheet 6_ Parent Group Leaders

2.7.3 Completing the form

Make sure you’ve answered every question and read your application before you send it to us. Email your completed form to [email protected] and [email protected].

2.7.4 What Help is available with our application form?

If you have any questions about the EPEC Scaling Programme, communications should be directed to the EPEC Team, Dr Crispin Day [email protected] and Jo Nicoll, [email protected].

Applicants are encouraged to communicate with EPEC Team throughout the process to aid in the completion of their forms.

2.7.5 What is the deadline for applications

Your application should reach us by the date given for each round in the programme timetable.

2.8 How will membership applications be evaluated?

We would like to work with partner organisations who can show that:

· The proposed EPEC Hub fits with wider local strategic priorities for families with children aged 2-11 years.

· Effective local multiagency relationships exist to support Hub outreach, parent engagement and EPEC parenting course delivery for families and communities living in specific socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

· There is a clear, feasible implementation plan for the EPEC Hub, supported by necessary operational resources and support.

· The proposed EPEC Hub can successfully recruit, train and support a cohort of 12-16 parent group leaders.

· The host organisation has experience and expertise in parenting and parenting programmes, evidence-based approaches, and peer-led partnerships.

· The required financial resources are committed.

3.0 Your application 3.1 About your organisation

Please answer the following questions in full.

3.1.1 Applicant information Bidder Details

Full name of the potential applicant submitting the information

3.1.2 Contact details

However applicants are asked to complete this section as the EPEC Team do require a

Applicant contact details

Please complete in full

Contact name

Role Title Position:

Name of organisation

Phone number

E-mail address

Postal address

3.1.3 Information Commissioners Office registration

Is your organisation registered with the Information Commissioners Office?

Please state “Yes” or “No”

Provide your ICO registration number

3.1.4 Disclosure Barring Service

Please confirm that all applicable staff have, or will have obtained, the relevant Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks prior to commencing providing the services. (Please state Yes / No)

3.1.5 Policies and procedures

Please self-certify by answering “yes” or “no” in the yellow boxes whether your organisation is able to fully comply with the following policies, including having a system for monitoring the effectiveness of their implementation.

Confidentiality policy

Service user consent policy

Customer care/ Complaints policy

A policy for the recruitment, training, support and management of staff and peer leaders

Child Protection policy

Safeguarding and Protection policy

Incident Reporting policy

Whistle-blowing policy

Serious Untoward Incidents (SUI) procedure or policy.

A robust, comprehensive Business Continuity Policy

Please list any other policies you may have which you consider may be relevant to the provision of the Services (Please complete or say ‘N/A’)

3.2 Your strategic context for setting up an EPEC Hub

3.2.1. Tell us about your lead organisation and the current work that you do with parents, children and families?

Describe the aims, priorities, size and structure of your organisation, the demography of the area you cover and the populations with whom you work, and outline range of work you do with children, parents and families. Please feel free to attach relevant links.

Please respond in the box below. (max 100 words, please provide word count)

3.2.2. Tell us about how EPEC fits with your commissioning and multiagency strategic priorities for children, parents and families?

Describe your local priorities for children, parents and families, and the contributions made by different provider organisations, giving examples of successful multi/interagency working. Please feel free to attach link / copy and paste existing information


3.2.3. How will you use existing multiagency relationships and services to engage parents and successfully deliver EPEC courses?

Describe how you will use local strategic, operational and service relationships to maximise the support for your local hub, generate and engage parent interest and assist the delivery of EPEC groups.


3.3 What is the service context for setting up and running your EPEC hub?

3.3.1 What are your main organisational strengths and how will you use these to set up and run your EPEC Hub

Describe key qualities, expertise and experience within your organisation, its managers and practitioners that put you in a strong position to successfully set up and run an EPEC Hub


3.3.2 What are the main risks you face in setting up an EPEC Hub and how will you mitigate these?

Describe the main barriers that exist to successfully setting-up and running of your local EPEC hub. Describe how you will manage these barriers


3.3.3 Please describe the locations where you will locate your hub and run your EPEC parenting course?


3.4 Your operational plan for setting up and running your EPEC hub

3.4.1 What staffing will your Hub have and what will be the lines of accountability?

Describe who will have operational responsibility for the Hub and the staffing arrangements. Describe relevant experience and expertise. Provide details of specific staff if possible or arrangements to have staff appointed by September 2019. Please describe how you will free-up existing staff and resources to develop your EPEC Hub and/or how you have identified additional, new funding to support EPEC.


3.4.2. What is your plan to set up and run your local EPEC Hub?

Describe your plan to fulfil your EPEC aims, activities, outcomes and outputs. Describe the area in which your Hub will be based, the locations for EPEC course delivery, recruitment of parent group leaders, methods of parent engagement, organisation and delivery of EPEC courses. Describe the strengths of your plan as well as the challenges you will face


3.4.3 Please describe your procedure for ensuring all participants undergo Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and describe how these will be maintained through the project?


3.4.4 How will you pro-actively manage any safeguarding concerns that may come to light in setting up your Hub and in the course of providing EPEC?


3.4.5. What are your plans for continuing and expanding the EPEC Hub beyond the first 15 month period?


3.5 Your expertise for setting up and running an EPEC hub

3.5.1 How will you use your experience and expertise in peer-led approaches to recruit, select, train, supervise and support parent group leaders?

Describe your existing experience and expertise in using peer-led approaches in your current service delivery. Describe what you have learnt succeeds as well as pitfalls to avoid. Describe how you will use this experience in the development of your EPEC Hub and peer parent group leaders.


3.5.2 How will you use your knowledge of parenting and parenting programmes to support your development of EPEC, supervise parent group leaders and monitor course quality, fidelity and outcomes?

Describe your existing experience and expertise in parenting and evidence-based parenting programme in your current service delivery. Describe what you have learnt succeeds as well as pitfalls to avoid. Describe how you will use this experience in supervising parent group leaders, maintaining EPEC course quality, fidelity and outcome.


3.6 Your Finances to Support Setting Up and Running Your EPEC Hub

3.6.1. What is your total budget for your EPEC Hub?


3.6.2 What is the breakdown of your budget?

Please use the table provided to detail your expected pay and non-pay costs over 24 months

Please respond in the box below.

3.6.3 What are your contingency arrangements for ensuring adequate cover for planned or unplanned increases in workload, annual leave and absenteeism?


4.0 Your undertaking as an applicant

I/We certify that the information supplied is accurate to be best of my/our knowledge and that I/we accept the conditions and undertakings requested in this document. I/We understand that false information could result in my/our disqualification from the application.

Supplier Name*

Signed

Duly authorised on behalf of the Applicant

Position

Date

*Please note the term “applicant” refers to sole proprietor, partnership, incorporated company, and cooperative as appropriate. The undertaking should be signed by a partner or authorised representative in her/his own name and on behalf of the applicant.

Appendix 1Published Evidence

Day, C., Kearney, C. & Squires, F. (2017) Art, Science and Experience of Peer Support: Learning from the Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities Programme. International Journal of Birth and Parent Education, Vol 4 (2).

Harwood, J. (2017) The impact of a behavioural parenting intervention on parental reflective function. Clinical Psychology Doctoral Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Bradley, C. (2016) Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities: Temporary Accommodation: A feasibility study of a peer-led parenting intervention for parents living in temporary accommodation. Clinical Psychology Doctoral Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University.

Michelson, D., Ben-Zion, I., James, A., Draper, L., Penney, C. & Day, C. (2014). “Living With Teenagers”: Evaluation of a peer-led parenting intervention for socially disadvantaged families with adolescent children. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 99, p731–737. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2013-304936.

Thomson, S., Michelson, D. & Day, C. (2014) From parent to “peer facilitator”: A qualitative study of a peer-led parenting programme. Child: Care, Health & Development, 41(1):p76-83.. doi: 10.1111/cch.12132.

Winter, R. (2013) Empowering Parents Empowering Communtiies. Melbourne: Murdoch Children’s Research Institute/Tasmanian Early Years Foundation.

Charalambides, M. (2013) An Evaluation of Peer-led Parenting Groups in Routine Practice. MSc Thesis. King’s College, London.

Day, C., Michelson, D., Thomson, S., Penney, C. & Draper, L. (2012). An 8-week peer-led parenting intervention reduces parent-reported behavioural problems in socially disadvantaged children. Evidence-Based Mental Health. doi:10.1136/ebmental-2012-100737

Day, C., Michelson, M., Thomson, S., Penney, C. & Draper, L. (2012) Evaluation of a peer-led parenting intervention for child behaviour problems: A community-based randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal, 344 doi: 10.1136/bmj.e1107

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