Support short breaks for children and young people

Concepts

• health and social work
• colchester
• short breaks
• existing short breaks
• bespoke short breaks
• young people
• children
• young persons mental health needs
• additional support
• the short breaks

Location

The Integrated Care Board covers the Suffolk and North East Essex localities

Description

The Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are inviting Providers to find out more about an opportunity to deliver services to support children & young people with a diagnosis of a learning disability and/or who are autistic with coexisting significant mental health needs to access a short break.

Total Quantity or Scope

The short breaks offer for children & young people with a diagnosis of a learning disability and/or who are autistic with coexisting significant mental health needs, funded by the SNEE ICB, is designed to provide additionality to existing short breaks or to provide bespoke short breaks that provide additional support for the child or young person's mental health needs that will ensure they remain safe and well in their community. The service specification outlines a variety of ways in which Providers could support this service, including but not limited to: • Additional support to allow children and/or young people to access a short break without having to rely on their family to support their mental health needs. • An assessment short break • Additional intermittent support to ensure that children and young people can continue to access short breaks when their mental health needs increase. • Bespoke packages that deliver short breaks in a completely different way to allow some of the most vulnerable children and young people with a diagnosis of a learning disability and/or who are autistic and with a coexisting complex mental health need to access a short break of sorts. SNEE ICB will be hosting a market engagement event prior to the launch of the procurement; this event will explain what the service is, how the short breaks are commissioned individually and to hear what your organisation can offer. The procurement process which will happen after the market engagement is looking to accredit a number of Providers to support provision of short breaks for children and young people. The ICB is to undertake the market engagement virtually on the 24th January 2024 and the procurement will be released after this event. To support the market event a specification will be released through the In-tend portal along with the details to register for the engagement event. In order to register interest in this service and receive further information, including the service specification and engagement event details, please register on the In-tend portal via the following address and express an interest in the CYP Short Breaks opportunity under 'current tenders'. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/snee-icb/aspx/Home If you have any questions regarding any of this please send them as a correspondence through the In-tend website. The closing date for this opportunity is 12:00 (noon) 23rd January 2024

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) prior information notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.