PRJ-1261-SEL-ICB Southwark Mental Health Supported Work Environment Service

<p>South-East London Clinical South Commissioning Group (SEL CCG) seeks to procure a Mental Health Supported Work Environment Service from a single provider, for a one-year period (with an option to extend for a further 12 months). This service will be for the residents of the London Borough of Southwark.</p>
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<p>Proposed total duration of contract: 1 year + optional 12 months. Proposed contract value: £91,967 per annum excluding VAT. A maximum potential contract value of <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">£183,934.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p>If you are interested in this opportunity please register your organisation on ProContract:<br>https://procontract.due-north.com/Register</p>
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<p>The full detailed specification, the Expression of Interest (EOI) Guidance Document and the EOI Bidder Response Document are available on ProContract for you to download at the following link:<br>https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=e5555ed9-a8be-ed11-8120-005056b64545&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Interested organisations must express an interest in the opportunity on ProContract and submit a duly completed Bidder Response Document by 3rd April 2023 (13:00 GMT), via email to the Procurement Lead contact k.uppal2@nhs.net.</strong></p>
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<p>The deadline for any clarification questions will be 27th March 2023 (16:00 GMT).</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Service Overview</span></p>
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<p>The service will support Southwark residents with severe mental illness (SMI) and other long-term mental health needs by providing them help and encouragement in a supported work environment. The Service will provide support service users to</p>
<p>• develop skills that are readily usable or transferable into their daily lives, and</p>
<p>• prepare them for open employment or vocational pursuits as appropriate.</p>
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<p>The supported work environment will consist of social enterprises run by the provider with service users deployed directly within them to develop vocational skills. The provider will also run classroom-type sessions to develop service users’ IT and interpersonal skills relevant to a work environment. The service will seek to</p>
<p>• Improve work skills and the disciplines associated with employment.</p>
<p>• Improve social interaction skills in order to collaborate with others and relate to people appropriately in a working environment.</p>
<p>• Increase confidence and independence, including moving to more independent living, and decision making.</p>
<p>• Increase employment potential.</p>
<p>• Improve mental well-being.</p>
<p>• Make people less reliant on mental health services</p>
<p>• Promote greater social inclusion</p>
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<p>The service will provide structure and purpose to service users’ daily lives and contribute to wellbeing through enhanced self-esteem. The service will also offer opportunities for individuals to develop support networks and be a vehicle for peer support. It will enable service users to continue to live within the community and contribute to their recovery and reduce the risk of a relapse including the need to be re-admitted to acute hospital care. The support offered by the service will include monitoring service users’ mental and physical health and general quality of life.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(11, 12, 12, 1)">Applicants must meet this criterion to be taken forward in the procurement process.</span></p>