Health and social work services

Tender description

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, on behalf of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), is seeking proposals from providers to deliver a range of IAPT compliant Talking Therapies to be delivered in parallel with the expansion of the Personalised Support element of the existing Working Well Pilot Programme. The maximum value of this contract is 1 500 000 GBP and the contract duration will be 25 months from 1.3.2016. The purpose of the Talking Therapies Service is to establish if, providing an integrated holistic offer of Personalised Support combined with expedient access to IAPT provision, will improve employment out comes for clients accessing the Working Well expansion. A lead delivery Provider to provide psychological treatment for anxiety and depression as part of the Working Well expansion and specifically in seamless partnership with the Personalised Support Service. Commissioners expect therapy capacity to be explicitly ring fenced and used solely for the clients attached to the Working Well Programme (or others agreed by the Commissioner). This provision is intended for step 2 and 3 within the stepped care model to support the face to face treatment of a range of common mental health problems: — Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; Counselling; Couples Therapy; Brief Dynamic Therapy; Interpersonal Psychotherapy. The Talking Therapies must be delivered in accordance with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. These services will be delivered across the Greater Manchester conurbation which includes the following local authorities: — Bolton; Bury; Manchester; Oldham; Rochdale; Salford; Stockport; Tameside; Trafford; Wigan.