Health and social work services

Tender description

The Advocacy Project wishes to provide external clinical supervision for employees that work in challenging environments, this will predominately be advocates but could include staff in other roles within the organisation for Lot 2. In line with best practice and good Governance, we are inviting appropriately qualified professionals (or organisations) to bid for this work. There are two lots: Lot 1: Provision of clinical supervision to the advocacy team at Broadmoor Hospital; Lot 2: Provision of clinical supervision to the staff teams in London. Suppliers can bid for one or both of these lots. Clinical supervision is to be provided to 6 people at Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire on a monthly basis. You must: — give practical support to the advocates to process the emotional impact of the situations they hear and see, — support advocates maintain their emotional resilience in delivering the clinical supervision you must: — maintain confidentiality about the patients and advocates at all times, — maintain professional boundaries and ensure independence, — comply with The Advocacy Project policies regarding equal opportunities, risk assessment, safeguarding, security, confidentiality, — communicate clearly, — maintain appropriate clinical records and raise any concerns with the head of service delivery should you feel that the advocates require additional help or have raised any safeguarding concerns, — commit to on-going supervision for yourselves to develop your practice, — adhere to the BACP Ethical Framework. Clinical supervision is to be provided to groups of staff on a monthly basis. The sessions should alternate between West and East London each month or where demand requires offer one in each location each month. In addition to providing costs for delivery of the group supervision, please also specify the hourly rate for addition 1:1 supervision should there be an occasional requirement to do that. In a group setting you must: — give practical support to the advocates to process the emotional impact of the situations they hear and see, — support advocates maintain their emotional resilience in delivering the clinical supervision you must: — maintain confidentiality about the patients and advocates at all times, — maintain professional boundaries and ensure independence, — comply with The Advocacy Project policies regarding equal opportunities, risk assessment, safeguarding, security, confidentiality, — maintain appropriate clinical records and raise any concerns with the Head of Service delivery should you feel that the advocates require additional help or have raised any safeguarding concerns, — commit to on-going supervision for yourselves to develop your practice, — adhere to the BACP Ethical Framework.