VCSE Community Mental Health Framework

Description

DPS in relation to the Community Mental Health Framework. Lot 1: Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation (MPFT) are looking to procure a non-clinical service for the provision of a Short Term Home Support (Mental Health) Service for 6 months to support winter pressures. The service will work in partnership with clinical teams. The service is required to deliver: • Support people to remain as independent as possible in their own homes • Support people in place of safety • Provide respite for care Short Term Home Support (Mental Health) Service will be an ‘on call’ type approach service located onsite at MPFT’s St Georges Hospital Site, Stafford location. The service will attend service user’s home. An assessment will be carried out by a MPFT clinical staff member the Short-Term Home Support (Mental Health) Service will attend to support MPFT staff members, clinical and regulatory care activities will be undertaken by clinical teams with the Short-Term Home Care for up to 2 weeks whilst awaiting allocation to long term care providers. The main aims for the service are for service users to remain safely in their own home environment, or support service users following an Inpatient admission and provide further support and respite to carers and relatives. If there are no call out during the out of hours shift, the staff will provide non-clinical support other mental health teams with social support activities on Inpatient wards such as walks with service user. Lot 1: Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation (MPFT) are looking to procure a non-clinical service for the provision of a Short Term Home Support (Mental Health) Service for 6 months to support winter pressures. The service will work in partnership with clinical teams. The service is required to deliver: • Support people to remain as independent as possible in their own homes • Support people in place of safety • Provide respite for care Short Term Home Support (Mental Health) Service will be an ‘on call’ type approach service located onsite at MPFT’s St Georges Hospital Site, Stafford location. The service will attend service user’s home. An assessment will be carried out by a MPFT clinical staff member the Short-Term Home Support (Mental Health) Service will attend to support MPFT staff members, clinical and regulatory care activities will be undertaken by clinical teams with the Short-Term Home Care for up to 2 weeks whilst awaiting allocation to long term care providers. The main aims for the service are for service users to remain safely in their own home environment, or support service users following an Inpatient admission and provide further support and respite to carers and relatives. If there are no call out during the out of hours shift, the staff will provide non-clinical support other mental health teams with social support activities on Inpatient wards such as walks with service user.