Health and social work services

Tender description

Suffolk County Council are currently out to tender for the provision of substance misuse outreach and intensive accommodation support; services to support clients to effectively engage with community treatment services to address substance misuse issues. The services will be separated into 2 lots: Lot 1: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Outreach Service (DAROS); Lot 2: Supporting Treatment, Accommodation and Recovery in Suffolk (Stars). This opportunity is available in the “Current Tenders” area of portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation. The deadline date for submissions of the tender is Monday 5.11.2018 at 11:00 a.m. Please note late returns will not be permitted The deadline for clarification questions is Friday 19th October which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website. DAROS is a service to support vulnerable people who are suffering with addiction to drugs and/or alcohol alongside a range of complex issues, to engage with mainstream services. The ultimate aim of the outreach service is to improve health and wellbeing of this community, assist clients to achieve recovery from alcohol and drug use through engagement with the Suffolk community treatment provider, turning point, and to assist in tackling the wider complex issues associated with this group. Often this client group will be using substances on the streets and will not be accessing treatment, leaving them very vulnerable to drug related death. Stars service aims to enable those clients engaged with substance misuse treatment services access to suitable and stable accommodation and receive a period of very intensive, individually tailored support. The support provided must consider the holistic needs of the client with a focus on capitalising on a clients’ recovery journey. The service will need to work closely with Turning Point to ensure clients have a supportive and suitable accommodation to directly contribute toward a successful outcome for the client and continued recovery from problematic substance misuse.