NHS Morecambe Bay CCG - Mental Health Support Teams in Schools

Tender description

NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) is working on behalf of NHS Morecambe Bay CCG. This invitation to tender was for three Mental Health Support Teams in schools, in the Morecambe Bay area. The objective of this procurement was to identify a provider who will run the existing MHST service currently within Morecambe Bay with one MHST covering Morecambe and Heysham school system and a further team covering the Barrow Peninsular High Schools. To also further establish one new MHST within Morecambe Bay working across High Schools. New services are required to be fully operational within 12 months of the Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) commencing training that is scheduled to start September 2022 for Wave 7, the new team is expected to be fully operational by the end of September 2023. The population covered by the service includes all children and young people aged 5-18 years who are on roll at an educational setting that has signed up to take part in the programme. It also includes those children within the geography covered by the MHSTs whether or not they are on a school roll. The teams will provide extra capacity for early intervention and ongoing help within educational settings. Lot 1: The objective of this procurement was to identify a provider who will run the existing MHST service currently within Morecambe Bay with one MHST covering Morecambe and Heysham school system and a further team covering the Barrow Peninsular High Schools. To also further establish one new MHST within Morecambe Bay working across High Schools. New services are required to be fully operational within 12 months of the Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) commencing training that is scheduled to start September 2022 for Wave 7, the new team is expected to be fully operational by the end of September 2023. The teams will provide extra capacity for early intervention and ongoing help within educational settings. The population covered by the service includes all children and young people aged 5-18 years who are on roll at an educational setting that has signed up to take part in the programme. It also includes those children within the geography covered by the MHSTs whether or not they are on a school roll. Mental Health Support Teams are intended to: ▪ Deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing needs ▪ Support senior mental health leads in education settings to develop and introduce their whole-school or whole-college approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing ▪ Providing timely advice to staff and liaising with external specialist services so that children and young people can get the right support and remain in education. Additional information: The Commissioner reserves the right to reject bids that exceed the indicated budget. Any other public-sector body detailed within this notice, wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body.