Healthy Child Programme in Leicestershire and Rutland

<p>Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council are procuring a new Healthy Child Programme in Leicestershire and Rutland.</p>
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<p>The Healthy Child Programme is the main universal health service for improving the health and well-being of children aged 0-19 and up to 25 years for those with a special educational need and/or disability.</p>
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<p>We are looking for providers that will be proactive in delivering both innovative and evidence-based solutions to overcome current and future obstacles to improved health and wellbeing outcomes for children, young people and families of Leicestershire County and Rutland County.</p>
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<p>The provider/s will deliver universal and targeted interventions in partnership with key service areas and stakeholders to deliver wider public health and social care outcomes.</p>
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<p>The HCP is intrinsically linked to outcomes for children young people and families contained within the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF). Our expectation is that the future service/s will be capable of meeting or exceeding all of these outcomes.</p>
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<p>This procurement for a new Healthy Child Programme will be split across two Lots:</p>
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<li><strong>Lot 1</strong> &ndash; 0-11 Healthy Child Programme (for Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council)</li>
<li><strong>Lot 2</strong> &ndash; 11+ Healthy Child Programme (for Leicestershire County Council <strong>only</strong>)</li>
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<p>Please see below for further details on each lot. Please note that bidders can bid for either or both lots.</p>
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<p><strong>Lot 1</strong> &ndash; 0-11 Healthy Child Programme (for Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council)</p>
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<p>The Councils are seeking an organisation to provide the Services across Leicestershire and Rutland.</p>
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<p>The Programme aim is to help parents develop and sustain a strong bond with children and support them in keeping children healthy and safe and reaching their full potential. We want to identify issues early so support and early interventions can be provided in a timely manner.&nbsp; Address key health and wellbeing concerns that focus on the health needs of children and young people ensuring they are ready for school.</p>
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<p>This will be achieved by:</p>
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<li>Ensuring the service is accessible, responsive and flexible to meet the needs of children, young people and their families.</li>
<li>Ensure a strong focus on prevention, health improvement, early identification of needs, early intervention and clear packages of support.</li>
<li>Working with key partners and stakeholders and ensuring integration of the service into existing structures.</li>
<li>Making use of evidence-based approaches to target support and prevent escalation.</li>
<li>Making every contact count, using every contact opportunity to provide families with educational health messages, build their health literacy and ensure consistent messages are given that underpin the wider integration agenda in Leicestershire and Rutland.</li>
<li>Building strong partnership, integration, communication and multi-agency approach to working with children and their families in placed-based settings.</li>
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<p>Whilst there are demographic differences between the two geographical areas (Leicestershire and Rutland), a shared evidence-based approach to addressing health inequalities across the sub-region is being adopted. As such, the service specification is identical for Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council, with the exception of key highlighted local priorities for each of the county councils.</p>
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<p>The Service will be an open access service for all children and their families in Leicestershire (excluding Leicester City) and Rutland who are seeking support for their families at an individual, family and community level.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Key Service Requirements</p>
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<p>The five key visits are those that all families can expect under the universal level of this service and an additional check at 3-3 &frac12; year point which will target children where development delays and issues/concerns are picked up in the ASQ-3 at the 2-2 &frac12; year check. The five mandated checks include:</p>
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<li>Antenatal contact at 28 weeks</li>
<li>New birth visit at 10-14 days</li>
<li>6-8 week check</li>
<li>10-12 month review</li>
<li>2 &ndash; 2 &frac12;&nbsp; year check&nbsp;</li>
<li>3-3 &frac12; year check (additional check)</li>
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<p>National Child Measurement Programme</p>
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<p>6 High Impact Areas:</p>
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<li>Transition to parenthood and the first 1001 critical days&nbsp;from conception to age 2</li>
<li>Supporting maternal and family mental health (prevention)</li>
<li>Supporting Breastfeeding</li>
<li>Supporting healthy weight and healthy nutrition</li>
<li>Improving health literacy, reducing accidents and minor illnesses</li>
<li>supporting health, wellbeing and development: Ready to learn, narrowing the &lsquo;word gap&rsquo;</li>
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<p>The provider will be expected to offer the universal Public Health offer in Special Schools or designated special provision that is offered to mainstream schools.</p>
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<p>The Services required under this contract are described in more detail in the ITT - Document 2a: Lot 1 Service Specification (0-11 Healthy Child Programme).&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Lot 2</strong> &ndash; 11+ Healthy Child Programme (for Leicestershire County Council <strong>only</strong>)</p>
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<p>Leicestershire County Council is seeking an organisation to provide the Services across Leicestershire.</p>
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<p>The aim of the service is to ensure all children and young people aged 11-19 (up to 25 for children with special educational needs) have access to advice and support to help deliver better health outcomes for children and young people in Leicestershire. Enabling them to lead independent and productive lives. This includes a universal service offer for all children and offering services which meet their needs and the early identification of additional and/or complex needs. This service will aim to address high impact areas outlined below prevent escalation into higher cost services and to build resilience in young people to equip them with skills and confidence to prevent riskier behaviours that lead to health-harming behaviours later on across the life course.</p>
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<p>This will be achieved by:</p>
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<li>Ensuring the service is accessible, responsive and flexible to meet the needs of service users and at times that is suitable for young people.</li>
<li>Working with key partners and stakeholders and ensuring integration of the service into existing structures.</li>
<li>Providing a proportionate universalism approach</li>
<li>Providing a person-centred approach</li>
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<p>The Service will be available at times that young people and their families will need them, using evidence to determine opening times. This must include cover for weekends when needs can be met more easily, with a digital offer available at all times.</p>
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<p>Key Service Requirements</p>
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<p>Six high impact areas for school-aged children</p>
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<li>supporting resilience and wellbeing</li>
<li>improving health behaviours and reducing risk taking</li>
<li>supporting healthy lifestyles</li>
<li>supporting vulnerable young people and improving health inequalities</li>
<li>supporting complex and additional health and wellbeing needs</li>
<li>promoting self-care and improving health literacy</li>
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<p>Transition for school-aged children, for example transition between primary and secondary schools and into adult services</p>
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<p>Universal public health offer supporting vulnerable children and those not in school, for example, children in care, young carers or young offenders</p>
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<p>Universal public health offer for children who are home educated</p>
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<p>The Services required under this contract are described in more detail in the ITT - Document 2b: Lot 2 Service Specification (11+ Healthy Child Programme).&nbsp;</p>