Digital Mental Health Services for Children and Young People

Description

This notice relates to the award of a contract for Digital Mental Health Services for Children and Young People under the negotiated procedure without prior publication. The contract relates to services within the scope of Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other Specific Services) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The Commissioner is therefore bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services (the Light Touch Regime). The contract term is 3 years from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2024, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years. Lot 1: The aim of the CYP Digital Mental Health Service will be to improve the emotional wellbeing and mental health of all CYP, who have emerging needs across the Derbyshire ICS footprint by providing an early response and increased access through the use of digital services built around the needs and views of CYP. Service delivery objectives include: • Offer therapeutic interventions and access to support at the times when CYP need it. • Improve access to the provision of self-care tools and resources which support CYP and their families to help themselves and build resilience • Provide an accessible, safe, secure, online environment for CYP to be able to discuss their emotional wellbeing and mental health with peers and trained Therapists. • If delivering structured intervention use evidence based assessment tools and interventions, set SMART goals with CYP and provide pathways into other services, as required. • Ensure CYP who are identified as more at risk of experiencing emerging mental health needs such as, BAME, CYP with SEND, excluded CYP or CYJ are able to access the appropriate level of support when it is needed.