An Integrated Drug and Alcohol Recovery Oriented Service for Adults in Calderdale (Direct Award Process C)

Description

The Integrated Drug and Alcohol Recovery Oriented Service for Adults in Calderdale is for improving health and wellbeing by responding to local need, achieving national policy, and working in partnership. Service delivery will be through a lead provider arrangement that can deliver Calderdale’s vision of an integrated recovery-oriented system of care for adults with addiction to drugs and alcohol, supported by Calderdale’s LERO (Lived Experience Recovery Organisation). The service will deliver harm reduction services within a recovery-oriented system of care. The approach will be to support a ‘recovery journey including treatment’ as opposed to a ‘treatment journey including recovery.’ The purpose of the model for delivery of Calderdale’s Integrated Recovery system is to provide a single structure through which adults with dependencies on a range of substances can be assessed and enabled to be seamlessly supported on an individualised recovery journey. Lot 1: Calderdale Council is intending to award this contract to the existing provider, Humankind, following direct award process C. The service is an Integrated Drug and Alcohol Recovery Oriented Service for Adults in Calderdale. The service will offer harm reduction, treatment and recovery services that will deliver Calderdale’s vision of an integrated system of care for adults with addiction to drugs and/or alcohol. The services are required to respond flexibly and adaptably to changes and ensure that the service delivery model continues to align with the national and local strategic priorities and the three-year plan submitted to Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in 2022/2023. This includes a service that is: • Dynamic and innovative. • Delivers a recovery orientated, life changing drug and alcohol treatment system, bespoke to the needs of individuals and communities. • Provides a single recovery focused assessment process, individual care planning and support with regular assessment and re-setting of goals. • Contributes to the development of a system offering individuals and families a choice of accessible and relevant services to enable them to recover from the damage caused by problematic drug and alcohol use. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £15,430,750 with the services intended to be provided from 1st April 2024 to 1st April 2029.