First Steps Eating Disorder Enhanced Service

Tender description

The service is commissioned to deliver an early intervention and prevention service for eating disorders to deliver mild to moderate interventions for children and young people, aged 5 to 25, who are registered with a Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland GP. Lot 1: The service will be skilled in early detection and identification of eating disorders as well as delivering a range of interventions to mild and moderate eating disorder presentations through an embedded pathway with CAMHS Eating Disorder Service (CAMHS ED). Accepting step down following triage and direct access referrals. The service will also be focused on prevention and through its work proactively deliver campaigns through a range of social media channels and work across the education sector delivering early intervention psychoeducation workshops to students and teachers. As part of the early intervention and prevention services, C&YP will receive direct access to evidence-based information, CBT-T & CBT-E therapeutic support, and advice in key areas of concern around their eating disorder or disordered eating. LLR ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C, where the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract, and the contract is not changing considerably. The original contract value was £150,000. The approximate lifetime value of this contract is £150,000. The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 12/11/2024 to 30/09/2025.