Health and social work services

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Online and Independent Counselling Service. Powys County Council will commence the procurement of a county wide Blended Counselling Service for young people in Powys, incorporating online counselling and independent (formerly school-based) counselling in June 2018. The Council is issuing this PIN to provide a brief summary of its intentions to prospective tenderers. The Blended Counselling Service will include the following service offers: — online counselling, — available to young people predominantly in the 11-19 age group, although the service will be available, where applicable, to young people up to the age of 25, — one to one chat sessions, — private messaging services, moderated message boards, — online magazine, news and blogs, — offer clear referral pathways into local services when required, — complement the independent counselling service, — Independent counselling, — link to the internet based counselling service to provide a seamless service for clients, — provide one to one specialised counselling service to serve an age range of 11-19 year olds (years 7-13) across all secondary school sites and a range of community based settings, — one to one specialised counselling service to be provided to a small number of referred/identified 10 years olds (year 6). A Meet the Buyer event is scheduled to take place on 8th June from 9:30am to 11:30am, venue to be confirmed. Please contact: Sabrina Davies on email: Sabrina.davies@powys.gov.uk or Tel: 01597 826366.