Health and social work services

Tender description

Norfolk County Council wishes to procure an integrated alcohol and drug behaviour change service, which includes treatment, recovery and builds community resilience for Norfolk adults aged 18 + years. The new service will be recovery focused, delivering a shift towards prevention and early interventions, demonstrates innovation and implements evidence based good practice to deliver the best possible outcomes for individuals and their families. There will be a sharp focus on reducing associated harms caused to children. The new service will be responsible for delivery of a comprehensive and dynamic range of services, to address the alcohol and drug related needs of adults and the consequent impact on their families and wider communities in Norfolk. This will include a flexible range of programmes and interventions across all modalities in each locality. The new service will be a fundamental partner to improve the health and wellbeing of Norfolk residents. It will build on current provision: - Align service within NCC strategic priorities: social care, dementia, criminal justice, children services and learning disabilities. - Work towards community based recovery. - Ensuring the right support is available for people with complex needs i.e. older adults and those with long term conditions, poor mental health, experiencing domestic abuse or those engaged in sex work. - Offering greater integration across the local authority and wider partners - Responding proactively to emerging issues such as exploitation and safeguarding - Integrate with wider lifestyle behaviour changes including stop smoking, weight management, physical activity, mental and physical wellbeing. The new service must show how a truly integrated assessment, treatment and asset based community recovery service will be delivered to meet the requirements and outcomes of the service in Norfolk, paying attention to the need to deliver equitable access, quality and outcomes in all the communities. It needs to show an increased focus on alcohol and brief interventions. The recovery outcomes will be realised by the achievement of the following: - A reduction in crime and reoffending - Sustained education, training and volunteering activity leading to employment - The ability to access and sustain suitable accommodation - Improved relationships with family members, partners and friends - A reduction in harm caused by misusing parents/carers on children and young people - Improving the chances for children and young people to reach their potential through better engagement in education - Increase of safeguarding for vulnerable children, young people and adults. - Freedom from dependence on alcohol and drugs where possible - Prevention of drug related deaths and infection by blood borne viruses - Improvement in mental and physical wellbeing Priority Groups: - Older people 50+ - Pregnant women and people with parenting responsibility - Individuals with co-existing mental health issues and drug/alcohol problems - Individuals who are injecting - Those who are homeless, in inappropriate accommodation or at risk of eviction - Sex workers - Individuals who have not previously accessed treatment - Individuals who are also offending - Those with complex needs - Those in transition from young people's to adult services (19-25 years old) - Those experiencing domestic abuse (including close partner violence). The following services are out of scope: - Young people's services - Prison services The contract length for this procurement is likely to be 5 years with a possible 5 year extension, but the Council has not yet made a final decision. The budget below (based on 10 year contact length) is indicative only at this stage.