Provision of an Animal Assisted Therapy Setting for Young People

Descriptions

The Council is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experience providers who would be interested in delivering a farming environment that provides opportunities for children and young people, particularly those experiencing ‘disadvantage’, to grow emotionally and learn through interaction with a range of animals, this is called Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) using Animal Assisted Activities (AAA). A provision that provides children and young people with an opportunity to learn about animals, incorporating their behaviour, how to care for them and the environment in which they live, and how this relates to us. An outdoor provision that enables children and young people to be close to nature and could include therapeutic animal care, horticulture, forestry and farming activities. This environment would be used as part of a package of provision and would be accessed on a part time basis (Monday to Friday 9am - 4pm) for approximately up to 3 hours per day from 1-3 days per week at the Council's discretion.The Service Provider must have an appropriate base to enable the effective provision of the service and as flexible a response to individual need as is required to appropriately support children and young people in the Caerphilly Borough.All expressions of interest in this notice must be made by end of day (23:59:59) on Friday 20 October 2017 by email to sellwhl@caerphilly.gov.uk