Rehabilitation services

Tender description

The OPCC seeks experienced service providers to tender for the provision of Integrated Offender Management (IOM) services. The OPCC is procuring a single supplier contract to provide IOM community support and IOM accommodation services. The community support service must offer a strengths based, trauma informed approach based upon the seven pathways of offending, offering wrap-around support in the community as well as offering a range of advice depending on need and also to encourage the service user to engage with other local support services. The service provider must also offer IOM accommodation and support to service users who meet the IOM criteria (the service provider does not have to be the landlord), who are vulnerable to substance misuse and who would otherwise be homeless. The service provider works with the service user to understand need, based on the seven pathways of offending using a trauma responsive approach and helps the service user identify their strengths and goals. IOM Community Support — the service takes a strengths-based, trauma informed approach based upon the seven pathways of offending, offering wrap-around support in the community. Following assessment, a plan is devised, tailored to need and reviewed and amended regularly. As part of the assessment the service provider should establish the service user’s dependency upon or propensity to misuse drugs and whether they might benefit from further assessment, assistance or treatment. The service provider should offer drug and alcohol advice and encourage the service user to access more intensive support if required. The service provider should also offer a range of advice depending on need and also encourage the service user to engage with other local support services to strengthen the offer of support through a targeted, cohesive and multi-agency approach. This element of the service also includes undertaking any requests for a required assessment but there have been none in the last 12 months. A required assessment applies when a Hampshire resident aged 18 or over commits a specified Class A drug-driven offence in certain locations outside of Hampshire, the local police force where the offence took place would contact the service provider and ask that they carry out a ‘Required Assessment’. The service user would be required to attend the ‘Required Assessment’ and stay for the duration. If they fail to do so, without good cause, they commit an offence and may face criminal sanctions. At the assessment, the service provider establishes the service user’s dependency upon or propensity to misuse specified Class A drugs and whether they might benefit from further assessment or from assistance or treatment (or both). In addition, the assessor provides harm minimisation advice and as appropriate, an explanation of the types of assistance and support services available. IOM accommodation offers accommodation and support to service users who meet the IOM criteria and who are vulnerable to substance misuse and who would otherwise be homeless. The service provider shall be responsible for entering into appropriate arrangements (e.g. lease) with the owner/landlord of the premises. The premises do not need to be owned by the same owner/landlord, however, the services delivered by the service provider from all premises must be of the same standard in accordance with the specification. The service provider works with the service user to understand need based on the seven pathways of offending. The service provider uses a trauma responsive approach and helps the service user identify their strengths, goals and how they might achieve them. Following an assessment, a plan is devised which is tailored to the service user’s needs and this is reviewed and amended regularly. As part of the assessment the service provider should establish the service user’s dependency upon or propensity to misuse drugs and whether they might benefit from further assessment, assistance or treatment. The service provider should offer drug and alcohol harm minimisation advice and encourage the service user to access more intensive community based drug and alcohol services if required. The service provider should offer a range of advice according to need and encourage the service user to engage with wider services through a targeted, cohesive and multi-agency approach. The service provider should offer the service user a varied weekly activity of tailored support and interventions. The service provider should support service users individually and as part of a group recognising the benefits and challenges of this. This service aims to build resilience and help service users live an independent, healthier, crime free life.