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 are seeking to establish a contract for a CAMHS Clinical Assessment and Intervention Resource.
The service must;
- Be clinically led, delivered through an appropriate digital clinical platform
- Be able to deliver mental health (primary mental health/tier 2) assessments in line with the requirements of the Mental Health Measure (2010)
- Be able to deliver a multi-modal (CBT / System Family Therapy / IPT based), goal and outcome focused intervention for 100 identified children and young people
- Be staffed by appropriately qualified clinicians who adhere to recognised professional body standards with an appropriate level of practical experience. Staff must hold safeguarding level 3 certification and an enhanced DBS check
- Meet the standards of the current clinical evidence base for interventions as outlined in NICE Guidance
- Allow for flexible access to intervention between 8am – 9pm
- Have a fully secure platform that allows:
- Referrals to be easily shared
- Service user monitoring metrics including sessions delivered,DNAs etc.
- Allow for clinical session information to be shared / downloaded
for recording in the Health Board EPR
- Ability to produce real time performance reports such as number of interventions completed, safeguarding or risk incidence, achievement of outcomes
- Collation of information on patient experience.
- Comply with relevant ISO accreditation standards
- Be able to adhere to local policies and procedures, particularly in relation to safeguarding
- Have a clear clinical supervision model in place within an appropriate governance framework.
The key outputs are:-
Primary Mental Health;
- 100 mental health assessments in line with the requirements of the Mental Health Measure (2010)
- 400 multi-modal (CBT / Systemic Family Therapy / IPT based), goal and outcome focused interventions
Specialist CAMHS;
- 25 multi-modal (CBT / Systemic Family Therapy / IPT) goal based interventions of up to 12 sessions for anxiety, OCD, PTSD, Low Mood, GAD and depression in line with the requirements of the Mental Health Measure (2010)
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