Health and social work services

Tender description

The London Borough of Lewisham is seeking to set up a framework of providers to deliver personalised care and support in the home to children and young people with disabilities and complex medical needs which will be met within a community setting. The framework will run for two years at an appropriate value of 1 100 000 GBP per annum or 2 200 000 GBP over 2 years. There is an option to extend the framework contract for an additional 2 years with a potential spend of 4 400 000 GBP over four years if the extension period is realised. Lot A: Personalised Care and Support delivered by Children's Nurses. We are looking for experienced children's nurses qualified under the Nursing Midwifery Council who can fulfill the direct nursing needs of children and young people with complex medical needs within a community setting. The medical needs of the child will be set out in the clinical assessment & child or young person specific assessment. Nurses must be skilled enough to deliver care which meets the clinical needs of the child or young person within a community setting. Lot B: Personalised Care and Support delivered by Highly Skilled Carers. We are looking for highly skilled care workers for disabled children and young people trained to an advanced level who are competent to undertake high levels of care as set out in the child specific care plan. Highly skilled carer workers must be skilled to carry out a programme of activities with disabled children and young people who have complex needs in their homes and the community required to achieve outcomes listed on the child's plan. For example, carer workers may need to support the development of disabled children and young people's independent living skills, travel training and provide them with high quality personal care. Lot C: Personalised Care and Support delivered by Support Workers. We are looking for experienced Support Workers for disabled children and young people who are skilled to carry out a programme of activities with disabled children and young people in their homes and the community required to achieve outcomes listed on the child's plan. For example, Support Workers may need to support the development of disabled children and young people's independent living skills, travel training and provide them with high quality personal care. Support Workers may also need to provide practical support to families in the home. Lot D: Mentoring, buddying and personalised care and support delivered by carer workers or support workers. We are looking for experienced support or care workers for disabled children and young people with challenging behaviour & ASD, requiring mentoring, buddying and support for their challenging behaviour. The support or care workers should be skilled enough to deliver programmes of support (see Appendix 1) to children and young people in their homes and the community. The support or care workers will need to support the development of the child or young person's independent living skills, developing friends, integration into the community, travel training, challenging behaviour, and personal care. Additionally the service must work with young people to access community services including work related opportunities, develop meaningful and trusting relationships with young people and parents, and work with the child, young person and family to put in strategies to manage challenging behaviour and support independence.