Health and social work services

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This is a prior information notice, no further information or dates are available at this stage. The full requirements for the service will be issued with the contract notice/ITT. On behalf of the local authorities, NHS England, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire (PCC) is looking to put in place an ageless aftercare service for victims of rape or sexual assault in the cheshire constabulary policing area. The minimum requirements of the PCC, NHS and local authorities are for a supplier to provide a solution incorporating a full time independent sexual violence advisor and initial counselling service within a multi-agency setting for those in the cheshire constabulary policing area who have suffered sexual violence both within and outside of the criminal justice system, including historic cases. The service will need to incorporate: — an ageless counselling and therapeutic service, — Independent Sexual Violence Advisor Service (ISVA), — deliver training and awareness raising. This is a prior information notice (PIN). On behalf of the local authorities, NHS England, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire (PCC) and the Chief Constable (CC), the PCC is looking to put in place an ageless aftercare service for victims of rape or sexual assault in the Cheshire Constabulary policing area. The minimum draft requirements of the PCC, NHS and local authorities are for a supplier to provide a solution incorporating a full time independent sexual violence advisor and initial counselling service within a multi-agency setting for those in the Cheshire constabulary policing area who have suffered sexual violence both within and outside of the criminal justice system, including historic cases. This service will need to incorporate: — an ageless counselling and therapeutic service, — Independent Sexual Violence Advisor Service (ISVA), — deliver training and awareness raising. The requirements include but are not restricted to the following: — safeguard individuals in Cheshire constabulary policing area from sexual violence through minimising their risk, — enable service users to address the effects of sexual assault/rape and reduce repeat incidents/victimisation, — provide a support service for any relevant person in Cheshire constabulary policing area (including historic cases) who has issues surrounding sexual assault/violence; to offer advice, counselling, family mediation and sign posting to other specific support services, — support the service user though the criminal justice system, if court proceedings are involved, — to reduce service user’s risk and improve their mental health, safety, well-being and independence, — to enable individual service users to access their rights. The supplier must: — participate in MARAC as appropriate, — work in close partnership with other service providers in the area (IDVA, drug and alcohol services, etc.), — work within a multi-agency setting to provide a pro-active service to all victims of sexual violence who have been referred or self-referred to the aftercare service, — work in partnership with the SARC provider for the Cheshire constabulary policing area, — deliver training and awareness raising to professionals and the public which contribute to local and sub-regional prevention work, being an active part of the multi-agency safeguarding arena, — deliver basic training on sexual violence to practitioners in the Cheshire Constabulary policing area and to undergo training and supervision to ensure specialist knowledge and continued professional development, — develop an annual development plan that addresses key priorities (to be agreed for implementation by the second quarter of the financial year), — ensure that good practice guidelines are embedded in the provision of structured counselling, — provide reporting against key performance indicators, — involve service users in improving services.