Published date: 18 April 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 6 March 2024, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Psychiatrist or psychologist services - 85121270

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£400,000

Procurement reference

LPOOL001-DN707420-13886594

Published date

18 April 2024

Closing date

6 March 2024

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Liverpool Early Help Services provide support to families with emerging needs. We have identified that there is a need to reduce the numbers of children and young people who enter care in Liverpool. The successful service provider will work with parents who have identified mental health needs to improve their wellbeing which will allow them to parent effectively. Improvements in parenting will prevent children entering care.\r
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The intention is to re-commission a therapeutic service to follow on from the pilot programme awarded in February 2023 (DN641238).\r
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The successful Provider will work with 16 families selected from Social Care, who have children who are at high risk of becoming looked after. The families are likely to be on Child Protection plans and not showing evidence of change or be in pre proceedings with a trajectory towards court proceedings, which will be seeking to remove the children from the care of their parents.\r
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The psychological service will be commissioned to provide mental health well-being practitioners and clinical psychologists. The mental health professionals will work alongside Outreach Family Support Workers and other professionals from the Early Help Hubs and provide intensive support which will be underpinned by mentalisation therapy. The approach will seek to reduce risk and need through an intensive therapeutic intervention which will see families move down the continuum of need.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Therapeutic service to reduce the impact of poor parental mental health

  • Opportunity
  • Published 7 February 2024

Links

Award information

Awarded date

12 April 2024

Contract start date

1 May 2024

Contract end date

30 April 2025

Total value of contract

£396,562.80

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Wilks Forensic Psychology Ltd

Address

PR4 5YE

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Gill Astill

Address

4th Floor, Cunard Building
Liverpool
L3 1DS
England

Telephone

+44 1513510461

Email

gill.astill@liverpool.gov.uk

Website

http://www.liverpool.gov.uk