Independent Evaluation Partner · UK public procurement notice

This is a great opportunity to work with us to support our work in early childhood development in Nottingham. SSBC are inviting tenders for organisations that have

• Demonstrable skills knowledge and expertise in proposed evaluation approaches in community settings including proportionate use of counterfactual methods
• Enthusiasm and passion for early years
• Demonstratable capacity to deliver evaluations on time, on budget and to the required standard, with proven ability to flex resource capabilities and adapt to changing environments where required
• Appropriate project management, risk management and quality assurance expertise
• Ability to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders, including parents
• Strong communication skills.
• Knowledge of early nutrition and early healthy lifestyle initiatives
• Knowledge of parent and infant relationship initiatives
• Understanding of the Nottingham City context and the wider partnership that SSBC operates in
• Knowledge and awareness of behaviour change theory and practice

To evaluate two of its commissioned services -

Healthy Little Minds (Parent Infant Relationship Service)

• Healthy Little Minds aims

o To improve social and emotional outcomes for children

o To lay the foundations to support children to build positive relationships, understand their emotions and increase resilience

o To raise awareness amongst the public and children's services' workforce professionals to recognise the importance of supporting all parent infant relationships

• Healthy Little Minds offers evidence-based programmes to families from 20 weeks of pregnancy to 2 years.

o New-born Behavioural Observations

o Baby Massage

o Solihull basics, parenting groups and neo-natal plus

o Going Mellow/ Mellow Bumps

o Video Interactive Guidance (VIG)

• Healthy Little Minds also provides specialised support where there are difficulties in the parent-infant relationship.

Healthy Lifestyles Pathway

• The service offers a care programme to promote healthy lifestyle choices and prevent childhood obesity and poor health outcomes.
• The service works holistically with families; helping them to set achievable goals around healthier lifestyles by offering a variety of one-to-one and group activities to help families achieve these goals.