Re-tender Therapeutic Support for Children Looked After

Description

The overall purpose of this service is to provide a team of mental health professionals with oversight from a clinical psychologist to support children and young people in care with their mental health and emotional wellbeing. The team should have demonstrable experience of delivering recognised mental health interventions and therapies to young people. The provider will receive referrals, assess the emotional wellbeing needs of individual Children looked after (CLA) and develop and monitor individual tailored therapeutic programmes. The focus of the team will be working with key professionals (including social workers, foster carers, and residential workers) to deliver therapeutic programmes, directly and indirectly. Direct therapeutic work with children and young people will also be required. The successful provider will also become an associate member of the Branch Alliance and will be required to attend relevant meetings and work in partnership with Alliance members. Keywords: Therapeutic support, Children Looked after