Embedded Workers in Community Mental Health Teams and Safe Haven provision

Concepts

• health and social work
• oxford
• community provision
• mental health diagnosis
• mental health illness
• perinatal community support worker
• oxford health
• community mental health teams and safe haven provision
• community mental health teams
• direct award process c. oxford health

Location

South East England: Buckinghamshire

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Oxford Health NHS Trust

Buckinghamshire Mind

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Description

Recovery workers will engage patients by identifying recovery focused groups that patients can attend whilst under CMHT care as well as post discharge from secondary care. Support patients to engage with the wide-ranging sources of support in the community to help deliver their treatment plan cia signposting. Information and Options worksers will support CMHTs to enable patient to transition from secondary care into community provision by informing them of, and supporting them to engage with, local services, organisations and provision. Staff will enable the delivery of a county wide Information and Options Service within CMHT. Perinatal community support worker will work as part of the Perinatal MH team providing preconception advice for women with history of mental health illness themselves or in their family, referrals of pregnant or postpartum women who have moderate to sever mental health diagnosis. Safe Haven will offer a welcoming, safe, friendly and non-stigmatising environment for people to access in times of crisis and as an alternative to ED, or secondary MH care.

Total Quantity or Scope

Intending to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C. Oxford Health considers that the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract. Oxford Health assessed the provider's service provision with respect to the key decision making criteria as outlined in the PSR. Each of these criteria were assessed on a pass/fail basis by the award decision makers, and the existing provider passed each of the criteria.

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Contract extension allowed (up to two years in aggregate until 31/03/2028)

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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 Procurement Act do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority within 8 working days. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Financial values are approximate and may be subject to non-material financial change. Written representations should be sent to BusinessServices@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk and addressed to Head of Business Services. Conflict of interest declaration procedures followed, any decision makers who declared an interest were excluded (no interests declared in this instance).

Other Information

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