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