Individual Placement Support (IPS) implementation, technical and operational support

Tender description

PHE is seeking a supplier of IPS technical support to support the establishment and running of up to 25 new IPS services working in community drug and alcohol treatment across England. The support available to every area without exception must include: - IPS implementation support, to assist new areas in establishing new IPS services. This support must be provided by experienced IPS professionals - IPS technical support to support the new areas and former IPS-AD trial areas to work towards and then maintain good fidelity to the IPS model. This support must also be provided by experienced IPS professionals. - Access to locally-based communities of IPS practice (COPs), led by appropriately experienced and skilled IPS practitioners. This COPs must be facilitated by experienced IPS professionals, and should ideally enable the development of links between new IPS services working in community drug and alcohol treatment and more established ones working in secondary mental health services - Support to create on-demand, accessible digital dashboards for key management information, including facilitating stakeholder access to dashboard reports The contract period is 1st August 2021 to 31st March 2022.