ASD Post-Diagnostic Psychoeducational Resource for Parents/Carers and Young People in Greater Essex

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NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB), NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB, and Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB as the joint participating Contracting Authorities (herein referred to as ‘the Authority’) intend to develop a psychoeducational resource offer focusing on parents, carers and families across a spectrum of age ranges, with the addition of a young person specific resource offer, to be developed for young people from the age of aged 12yrs up to 18yrs (25 years with SEND). The proposal is to commission a provider to design, develop, digitise and pilot two psychoeducational resources packages. One that is evidence-based therapeutic intervention that provides information and support to better understanding and cope with autism, for parents/carers of children following a process for diagnosis. Two A psychoeducational resource for young people following a process for diagnosis. The ambition of the programme is to develop and pilot at scale across the complex landscape of Southend, Essex and Thurrock. The Authority is seeking input from interested suppliers to take part in a pre-procurement Market Engagement Event, which will be held virtually as a webinar and broadcast via Microsoft (MS) Teams. The format of the event will be a presentation from the commissioners followed by a Q&A. The information gathered will support commissioners to understand better the service model to put in place and will be used to inform the approach to the procurement process. All organisations wishing to attend the event must complete and return this form via Attain’s the eProcurement portal (https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html) by no later than 9th September 2022.