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Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

IPS Individual Placement Support

HealthcareCPV 85000000
Value£810k
Deadline14 Nov 2022
Published1 Oct 2022
RegionWest Midlands
Timeline
Published 1 Oct 2022ClosedCloses 14 Nov 2022
Contract value in context
£810ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

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The brief

Requirement for Individual Placement Support (IPS) service for Herefordshire.

Individual Placement and Support Services has been identified by both DWP and NHS England as a promising intervention to address unemployment in mental health.

The service will deliver time-limited individual placement by providing employment support via an Employment Specialist, in line with the principles of Individual Placement and Support (IPS).

Providers would be expected to provide a Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm Service, excluding Bank Holidays, however it is expected that there will be flexibility in the hours to accommodate the needs of service users.

The Employment Specialist will work as part of an integrated member of a nominated Team, Recovery Team or Early Intervention Team.

The levels of activity we would expect from the provider of an Individual Placement Service would be to accept 100% of referrals to the service.

Proposed contract length of 2 years, with an option to extend for three further twelve month periods.

Herefordshire is located within the West Midlands and has a population of 192,214 and an area size of 2,180 km2.

Portal for tender responses follow the link to the Atamis etender system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Contact ref C79927 Individual Placement Support

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Requirement for Individual Placement Support (IPS) service

Requirement for Individual Placement Support (IPS) service for Herefordshire.

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Individual Placement and Support Services has been

Individual Placement and Support Services has been identified by both DWP and NHS England as a promising intervention to address unemployment in mental health.

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The service will deliver time-limited individual placement

The service will deliver time-limited individual placement by providing employment support via an Employment Specialist, in line with the principles of Individual Placement and Support (IPS).

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Providers would be expected to provide

Providers would be expected to provide a Monday to Friday, 9am.

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The Employment Specialist will work as part

The Employment Specialist will work as part of an integrated member of a nominated Team, Recovery Team or Early Intervention Team.

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