SC240063 Parent Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS) Opportunity
Organisation
Kent County Council
Type
Other Opportunities
Application deadline
August 21, 2024
Summary
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022642-2024
Scope of the procurement
SC240063 Parent Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS)
Reference number
DN732332
Procurement arranged under under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Route 3 Competitive Process.
As part of a multilevel approach to support, intervention and services, the overall aims of a multi-disciplinary parent-infant mental health service are to:
• support families who are finding it difficult to develop a positive relationship with their baby or young child to:
• rectify and strengthen parent-infant relationships for families experiencing moderate-severe difficulties.
• support colleagues in a range of universal and targeted services to promote and
strengthen parent-infant relationships for families experiencing mild-moderate difficulties
• work with a range of multi-agency colleagues to promote healthy development of parent-infant relationship difficulties.
• provide parent-infant relationship expertise across the system.
The overall objectives of the service are to:
• Undertake clinical specialist assessment for families with moderate to severe difficulties.
• Deliver specialist therapeutic evidenced based interventions for those assessed
which directly address and rectify and strengthen parent and infant relationships.
• Provide group and individual therapeutic interventions to parents/carers and
their babies from conception to a child’s second birthday.
• Improve the outcomes of parent infant relationships where there are difficulties.
• Provide specialist parent infant mental health case consultation and supervision
for the workforce who are offering a programme of sensitive evidence-based parent infant relationship interventions
• Design and deliver relevant workforce development and training to build capacity across the system.
Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £2,022,880