Provision of Early Help Youth Work, Mentoring and Counselling Services

Tender description

Bedford Borough Council (‘the Council’) wishes to commission a number of Services to support children and young people’s mental and emotional wellbeing:Specialist TherapyCoiunsellingMentoringYouth WorkThis Contract will comprise the three ‘lower’ tiers of provision, including open-access and detached youth work, young people’s mentoring and child and family counselling. It is envisioned that by commissioning these Services as Lots under an over-arching Contract heading, pathways into and between these Services will be more streamlined and joined-up, allowing opportunities to capitalise on natural synergies between provision types and improve Service User experience.The Contract will be a four (4) years contract from 1st October 2022 to 30th September 2026 extendable every twelve (12) months, i.e. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1. Lot 1: Lot 1: Youth Work Within the Council’s approach to Early Help, it is believed that as many young people as possible should have opportunities to engage with positive adults by way of Youth Work interventions. This Lot is for the delivery of open access and detached Youth Work. Lot 2: Lot 2 - Mentoring The Council’s Early Help offer continues to see significant increase in services completing Early Help Assessments requiring support for Young People and their families. This Lot is for the delivery of a volunteer mentoring scheme, which the Early Help services continue to identify as a cost-effective way of increasing the capacity of its offer. Lot 3: Lot 3 - Counselling Counselling and psychotherapy are umbrella terms that cover a range of talking therapies. They are delivered by trained practitioners who work with people over a short or long term to help them bring about effective change and/or enhance their wellbeing". This Lot is for the delivery of counselling Services for children, young people and families.