Social work and related services

Tender description

The City of Edinburgh Council, in collaboration with NHS Lothian and the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board, is preparing to establish a Public Social Partnership (‘PSP’) for Wellbeing Services in Edinburgh. The aim of this PSP is develop and deliver (two distinct phases) a range of responsive services which enables people to: (a) feel included in their chosen community; (b) stay safe and well; (c) have meaningful activity/interest to prevent feeling isolated; and (d) help people recover and live as well as they can. This Public Social Partnership will include, but will not be limited to, the following objectives: (a) The need for continuous improvement to achieve best value services; (b) Maximise opportunities to collaborate and coproduce services; (c) Manage increased demand on services; (d) Rationalise the contracting arrangements with a shift from outputs to outcomes; (e) Shift to locality working and increase opportunities for community led work; (f) Improving the use of assets within the City of Edinburgh and its localities; (g) Re-provisioning of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Campus and enhanced community services to support a reduced hospital bed base.