Published date: 2 March 2023
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Contract summary
Industry
Education and training services - 80000000
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Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
ECC001-DN659032-34251671
Published date
2 March 2023
Approach to market date
3 April 2023
Contract start date
7 March 2023
Contract end date
1 March 2025
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
1. Purpose. This PIN seeks agreement to award a contract provide Speech and Language Therapy provision to children and young people receiving support from Essex Youth Offending Service and to support staff with screening, assessment and intervention processes.
2. Essex YOS seeks to commission 2 full time Band 7 Speech and Language Therapists to work directly in each locality Youth Offending Team (YOT) in Essex County (0.5 fulltime equivalent per YOT) for a period of 2 years 2023 - 2025.
3. Background: Essex YOS has for a number of years sought to secure speech and language services to be delivered as part of Essex YOS' assessment and intervention processes. The need for Speech and Language Therapy in justice settings across England and Wales is generally well researched and acknowledged:
"Young offenders with DLD are more than twice as likely to reoffend than their unaffected offending peers. DLD is a powerful predictor of recidivism above and beyond other known risk factors"
Developmental language disorders and risk of recidivism among young offenders: Maxine Winstanley, Roger T. Webb, Gina Conti-Ramsden. First published: 14 July 2020 https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.13299
"In a Youth Offending Service all new entrants to the Intensive Supervision and
Surveillance Programme (ISSP) were screened and 65% (49) required speech and
language therapy intervention. A significant number (20%) scored at the 'severely
delayed' level on standardised assessment and 6% as 'very severely delayed'.
Gregory, Bryan, 2009, in https://www.rcslt.org/wp-content/uploads/media/Project/RCSLT/justice-evidence-base2017-1.pdf 2017
The Youth Justice Board and the Government have also published joint guidance on delivering SLT services within YOTs:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/speech-language-and-communication-needs-in-the-youth-justice-system/practice-advice-speech-language-and-communication-needs-slcn-in-the-youth-justice-system
3.1 In England and Wales, Speech and Language Therapy services are now provided to more the two thirds of Youth Justice Services, with an increase seen in West Midlands and West of England YOTs where almost every service has SLTs directly available.
4. Roles and responsibilities: Lead contact management and service oversight to sit with Essex YOS ETE Manager / Head of Service and the provider's senior officer
4.1 Employment, supervision and support: The provider would remain the employer, with post-holders accessing supervision and support through their own employer clinical supervision. Supervision of SLTs within Essex YOS will be on a matrix-management basis. Consideration around supervision and support included linking with EPs and YOT CAMHS workers (provided by NELFT).
4.2 Recruitment: all activities to be actions be the provider. Lack of recruitment should not impact on local SLT provision, and that the roles be considered a new positions in addition to local services.
5. Costs: Indicative cos
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Spend profile
| Financial year | Budget |
|---|---|
| 2023/2024 | £0 |
About the buyer
Contact name
Conor Kerins
Address
County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
England
Telephone
+44 333
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