Mental Health Pathways Support Service

Concepts

• health and social work
• aberdeenshire health & social care partnership
• mental health pathways support service
• aberdeen
• provision of a mental health service
• mental illness
• aberdeenshire health
• support service need
• community mental health team
• recovery counselling service

Location

North Eastern Scotland: The service will be provided in North Aberdeenshire, which is considered to include Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Banff, Portsoy, Turriff, Mintlaw and Cruden Bay

Description

The Aberdeenshire Health & Social Care Partnership requires the provision of a mental health service to promote the achievement of a mentally well and inclusive Aberdeenshire in which people who experience mental illness, personality disorder and autism are enabled to recover and achieve their personal outcomes. The service will support those recovering from mental illness and help them to participate in ordinary mainstream social, leisure, educational, and cultural activities alongside other members of the community. The service requires to be provided in a peer led manner, championing lived experiences to inform and support service need and development. The core service elements are: Supporting clients to access appropriate opportunities for training, education, volunteering, and other activities aimed at supporting their recovery Counselling Service Joint facilitation of recovery focussed group work, and as needed 1:1 work in partnership with Community Mental Health Team members. Early Intervention/Prevention initiatives to include an education element. This may include supporting setting up of peer support groups or condition specific groups such as autism and signposting services for community connections in the local area. The Aberdeenshire Health & Social Care Partnership requires the provision of a mental health service to promote the achievement of a mentally well and inclusive Aberdeenshire in which people who experience mental illness, personality disorder and autism are enabled to recover and achieve their personal outcomes. The service will support those recovering from mental illness and help them to participate in ordinary mainstream social, leisure, educational, and cultural activities alongside other members of the community. The service requires to be provided in a peer led manner, championing lived experiences to inform and support service need and development. The core service elements are: Supporting clients to access appropriate opportunities for training, education, volunteering, and other activities aimed at supporting their recovery Counselling Service Joint facilitation of recovery focussed group work, and as needed 1:1 work in partnership with Community Mental Health Team members. Early Intervention/Prevention initiatives to include an education element. This may include supporting setting up of peer support groups or condition specific groups such as autism and signposting services for community connections in the local area. Additional information: The Estimated contract value for this lot is for the initial 3 year term of the contract. An optional one year extension may be available.

Lot Division

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Other Information

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