Health and social work services

Tender description

Social prescribing is a way for local agencies to refer people to a link worker or coordinator. Link workers/coordinators give people time, focusing on 'what matters to me' and taking a holistic approach to people's health and well-being. They connect people to community-led services and statutory services for practical and emotional support. This requires them to be an embedded part of the local community, understanding what support is available for people to access.In North East Hampshire and Farnham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) social prescribing services were initially piloted in one area of the geography prior to the service being rolled out to all areas in July 2016. This service is called making connections and is currently provided by hart voluntary action in partnership with other charitable organisations. An independent evaluation of the service was conducted in March 2018 which found good evidence that the service was making a positive impact on the lives of people who accessed making connections and how they felt about the important things in life. The contract with the current provider, hart voluntary action, is now reaching its expiry date. To inform the commissioning intentions of the CCG, expressions of interest are sought from voluntary sector providers that are able to demonstrate that they can fulfil the service requirements listed in this document including knowledge of local services, stakeholders and systems. This can be done by completing the request for information form (RFI) by the advertised date of the 16.9.2019 by emailing the CCG at: nehfccg.commissioning@nhs.net Social prescribing is a way for local agencies to refer people to a link worker or coordinator. Link workers/coordinators give people time, focusing on 'what matters to me' and taking a holistic approach to people's health and well-being. They connect people to community-led services and statutory services for practical and emotional support. This requires them to be an embedded part of the local community, understanding what support is available for people to access. In North East Hampshire and Farnham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) social prescribing services were initially piloted in one area of the geography prior to the service being rolled out to all areas in July 2016.