Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS): YIACS -Youth Information Advice and Counselling Service, Primary Care Liaison (PCL), Seedlings and Spinning World Service

Concepts

• health services
• children and adolescent mental health services
• adolescent mental health services
• liverpool
• primary care liaison
• young people's mental health
• seedlings and spinning world service
• children
• world service
• youth information advice

Location

Liverpool:

Description

To support children and young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing through a range of therapeutic approaches and support including a YIACS model (Youth, Information, Advice and Counselling), Primary Care Liaison Service, Seedlings and Spinning World.

Total Quantity or Scope

This service is based at 3 hubs across the city however delivery also takes place at neighbourhood level within different venues.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Legal Justification

Mental Health is one of the biggest programmes of work within the NHS Long Term Plan with several key deliverables and national targets which includes many associated with Children and Young People (CYP). LCCG has historically commissioned a collaborative of providers from across the NHS and 3rd Sector (the 'CAMHS Partnership') to deliver mental health support for CYP and families across the different levels of presenting need. This includes generic MH support and some elements which are targeted at specific populations (e.g. Children in Care, refugee and asylum seekers, Youth offending, neurodevelopmental conditions, school based support and online counselling). The intent is now to award a further 2-year contract to the 3rd sector generic CAMHS providers, on the basis that the current Providers contribute to a number of the Long-Term Plan deliverables and national guidance, such as 'Future in Mind', which emphasises the need for more systemic, youth and community models to support CYP MH. The 3rd Sector CYP MH organisations are also evidenced as excellent value for money delivering high quality and accessible services at low cost with excellent outcomes. Furthermore, local and national directives emphasise the need for more collaboration between providers taking an alliance approach to delivery. The Liverpool CAMHS Partnership is an existing collaborative which is recognised nationally as good practice, that has developed and strengthened over several years evidencing good outcomes. Improved longer term contracting arrangements has the potential to strengthen this existing collaborative further. Given the increase in prevalence for mental health, the demand for local mental health service following Covid-19 and the restructuring of CCG's, stability of current services is essential. It is envisaged that once the Integrated Care System is established opportunities for the longer term strategy of Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services will emerge, potentially across a bigger footprint.

Other Information

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