Description of the contract
The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, hosted by Velindre NHS Trust are acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board who sought to award a contract for the provision of support for parents / carers of children and young people with emotional and mental health needs.
The Health Board is seeking to commission a provider to deliver a range of activities/services that support the parents / carers of children or young people with emotional and mental health needs across the region. The purpose of these activities is to support parents who may need additional support to develop strategies for their own well-being and resilience in supporting the child with emotional needs.
There is flexibility for how these activities/services would be shaped to best meet the needs of parents /carers of children and young people in Cardiff and the Vale – suggested outputs are training for parents /carers, developing peer mentors and an online communication platform for parents /carers to interact with each other and with mental health practitioners. These activities would be accessible from the first point of contact where needs are identified, whether that be through the UHB or other early help provision.
Children with emerging mental health problems need to receive support in a timely way to help them develop improved emotional well-being and reduce the need for specialist services where these are not required. Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan have a set of arrangements that support children young people and their families to be supported as early as possible through the statutory Information, Advice and Assistance functions.
Cardiff and the Vale UHB have created a Single Point of Access for children with emotional and mental health needs which enables all referrals for these children to be centralised and co-ordinated. This single point of access for children with emotional and mental health needs provides telephone support, consultation, advice, as well as service delivery such as Part 1 assessments and support to parents.
The key outputs required for this service are;
- Training for parents / carers to provide them with the information and skills to support the child with emotional needs.
- Training and continuous support for parents / carers to become peer mentors to other parents / carers
- An online communication platform for parents / carers to engage with peer mentors and practitioners, and/or
- Any another method that would support parents / carers of children or young people with emotional and mental health needs.
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