Edge of Care Services Framework

Tender description

The Torbay ‘Edge of Care’ Service requires additional, commissioned resources to support and complement their work with children and young people, from birth until adulthood. The scope of this commissioning process is to identify skilled providers who can work with and alongside the team to meet the needs of Torbay children and young people, their families, carers and support networks. Typically Edge of Care interventions require either: Intensive input on a short term basis to respond to crises, with planning and interventions being completed within an average of 6-12 weeks (Lot 1); and/or Longer-term, planned work, with interventions being completed i.e. longer than a 6 week duration (Lot 2) Lot 1: Short Term or Crisis Response Providers who are able to deliver all or some of the following: (a) Direct Work with Adults connected to the child, with the aim of de-escalating crisis and stabilising safe living arrangements for children in their care. (b) Direct Work with Children (0-18), with the aim of de-escalating crisis and ensuring their needs are heard, understood and supported to participate in the planning process. (c) Evidence Based Parenting interventions, for example Triple P, The Nurture Program or Magic 1,2,3, (d) Solution Focused approaches to promote resilience and change. (e) To be a responsive provider, which can provide a same day response, for crisis response this will sometimes require more than 1 practitioner. (f) A provider which can ensure interventions will constitute, sometimes, visiting the family up-to 6 days each week (short term) (g) A provider who will be able to deliver their interventions flexibly alongside the need of the child or family to reduce crisis, for example, the ability to offer evening or weekend work. Lot 2: Longer Term Interventions (Over 6 weeks) Providers who are able to deliver all or some of the following: (h) Direct Work with Adults connected to the child, with the aim of de-escalating crisis and stabilising safe living arrangements for children in their care. (i) Direct Work with Children (0-18), with the aim of de-escalating crisis and ensuring their needs are heard, understood and supported to participate in the planning process. (j) Evidence Based Parenting interventions, for example Triple P, The Nurture Program or Magic 1,2,3, (k) Interventions to address neglect, incorporating Graded Care Profile. Page 6 to 8 (l) Dyadic Developmental Parenting (Dan Hughes/PACE) for longer term (m) Non Violent Resistance (n) A provider which can ensure interventions will constitute, sometimes, visiting the family up-to 6 days each week (short term) (o) Good quality written reports will be required following sessions/interventions. (p) Facilitation of family time may also be a requirement when the intervention is part of reunification of a child to their family.