Evaluation consultancy services

Tender description

Arden and GEM CSU acting on behalf of NHS England — Health and Justice and Specialised Commissioning, will be inviting suitably qualified organisations to offer high quality evaluation of: — The National Implementation of a Framework of Integrated Care for the Children and Young People's Secure Estate (SECURE STAIRS); — The National Implementation of Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for High Risk Young People with Complex Needs (Community FCAMHS). The procurement will consist of two (2) lots. Organisations will be able to bid for more than one lot. The contract will be for three (3) years with planned commencement date 1.4.2018. Market Engagement Event Organisations are invited to attend a market engagement event on 24.7.2017 at Skipton House, 80 London Road, London, SE1 6LH. Please register by completing a short e-form on e-tendering portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk For more information please refer to Section VI: Complementary Information. Evaluation of a Framework of Integrated Care for the Children and Young People's Secure Estate (known as SECURE STAIRS): The requirement is for an independent and comprehensive review and evaluation. This should encompass base-lining, reviewing the implementation, transformation, and the change affected, both within the Secure Estate and post transition, and include reporting on the benefits realised by the Framework. Specific deliverables for the evaluation will include: — Improvement in the secure estate environment in order to impact on young people's mental health. Examples: — reduced placement moves; reduced vacancies/use of agency residential staff; increased ‘caregiver sensitivity’; improvement in residential ‘climate’; increased staff retention; reduced staff sickness; improved staff confidence and morale as measured by setting specific staff surveys; reduced number of restraints. — Direct Improvement in young people's mental health and well-being whilst on the estate. Examples: — reduced frequency and severity of high risk behaviours (e.g. self-harm, violence);reduction in scores on standardised symptom measures; reduction in the number of young people meeting the diagnostic criteria for a mental health disorder on discharge; young people meeting the SECURE STAIRS targets agreed for them by end of stay. — Evidence of sustained improvement in young people's ability to live safely within the community. Examples: — reduced rate of readmission to the secure estate; reduced frequency and severity of offending behaviour after a stay in the secure estate; increased frequency of engagement in education after a stay in the secure estate; young people sustaining SECURE STAIRS targets met whilst in the secure estate; improved co-ordination of stakeholders involved with young person. The deliverables that the Framework is expected to meet are: — Improved training for staff to help them understand the needs of and appropriate interventions for these children and young people, including staff trained and supported to work within the integrated framework of care (SECURE STAIRS); — A framework that ensures children and young people receive the same type of care irrespective of location in England, built on a consistent evidence-based approach; — Comprehensive formulation and care for each child; — Improved unit environment — less high risk behaviours in units, higher staff satisfaction; — Improved relationships and communication with staff and other young people; — Development of an evidence base to demonstrate performance. — Development of and monitoring of individual goals for each child's stay in a secure setting; — Goals for stay developed with young person's ‘home’ environment; — The enabling of reintegration of young people into mainstream provision, where this is appropriate; — Effective and therapeutic pathways into adult and/ or community based provision; — Improvement of life chances in relation to better health, education, housing and employment opportunities. The requirement is for the independent development, application and management of an evaluation of a new clinical model: the Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for High Risk Young People with Complex Needs (Community FCAMHS). This evaluation should include quantitative and qualitative data in combination with economic evaluation. There will be requirement to participate in, and to develop, reports and publications in collaboration with the Project Implementation team. The deliverables for the Community FCAMHS project, include the following: — Improved mental health and well-being among this cohort of children by identifying and addressing the mental health needs of high risk children and young people in a range of secure, residential and community settings; — Support to access to relevant provision across agencies in line with the children or young person's identified needs, including transition to secure, other residential or adult services; — Local provision that is supplemented with specific specialist input where necessary; — Reduction of risk of harm from self-harm, suicide, substance misuse, violence and other harmful behaviours linked to poor mental health; — Reduction in offending and risk of offending; — Promotion of social inclusion and parity of provision for children and young people within the service remit; — Improvement of life chances in relation to better health, education, housing and employment opportunities; — Promoting parity of approach in services that care for this cohort of children, so children experience care and treatment delivered by a psychologically informed and trauma-aware workforce.