DIGITAL THERAPY PROVISION AT LANCASTER UNIVERISTY

Concepts

• lancaster univeristy
• lancashire
• counselling services
• lancaster university's counselling and mental health service
• lancaster university's counselling
• digital therapy provision
• therapy provision
• mental health service
• small admin team
• student population

Location

Description

The University is inviting tenders on for an external provider as part of a joined-up approach to provide flexible top-up out of hours online counselling/therapy provision. Lancaster University's Counselling and Mental Health Service is made up of approximately 13.0 FTE staff. The team includes a Head of Service, a Deputy Head of Service/Clinical Lead, Counsellors, Mental Health Practitioners and College Wellbeing Officers. A small admin team supports the service and manages the tracking and scheduling of the support for students. The service operates between the hours of 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday, with support focused on times of peak demand during University term time. The student population is circa 16,000 and 12% of the student body typically access the University's Counselling and Mental Health Service. At peak times students are having to wait 5-6 weeks for appointments with over 100 students sitting on this waiting list.

CPV Codes

• 85312320 - Counselling services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

This tender is being conducted electronically using the Lancaster University e-tendering system which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/lancaster/ To receive documents new users must first register and obtain log in details. Existing users should log in to the web site and express interest. Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No Additional information on how to apply for this contract https://in-tendhost.co.uk/lancaster/aspx/