The programme will compliment early intervention and prevention services, improving lives, and reducing risks to families and children focussing on child accident prevention and child safety.

We are looking for a single provider with experience in early years prevention work to perform safety assessments and supply and fit free home safety equipment in the homes of families in need in a single visit. The equipment includes safety gates, fire guards, corner cushions, cupboard locks, bath mat, window restrictors, blind cord winders, smoke alarms and heat alarms. In addition families are also provided with comprehensive home safety information.

The area of benefit is South Yorkshire, with a focus on deprived communities.

The overarching aim and objective is to deliver a pro-active approach to child accident prevention and fire safety; ensure that families are safeguarded and supported with onward referrals if required, for example, specialist domestic abuse agencies, housing, family support, to reduce the risks to vulnerable families living in South Yorkshire.

Key objectives are:

— to assess homes in regard to safety and to provide and fit home safety equipment free of charge to vulnerable families — to prevent accidents involving children in their own home,

— to provide home safety and child accident prevention advice to parents/carers to help prevent childhood injuries/illness,

— to provide a ‘safe and well’ check — including the testing/provision of smoke detectors — to reduce fires in the homes of vulnerable families,

— to actively refer any safeguarding concerns to the relevant organisations in South Yorkshire,

— to refer families to other local organisations for support/advice as appropriate — to help families access the services they need,

— to provide additional information on local organisation’s services/support available to families with young children in South Yorkshire as agreed with SYFR and other local South Yorkshire partners.