North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) working for and on behalf of: NHS Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group (the CCG) proposes to engage with the wider market to inform future service model development and/or commissioning intentions for the provision of a Family Support Service for Children and Young People with a Neurodevelopmental Need for the population of Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees.

The CCG is interested to hear from providers who could deliver a Family Support Service for Children and Young People with a Neurodevelopmental Need.

The service would be expected to gather feedback from families to continuously improve the service and report results of the evaluation to commissioners.

The budget for this service is approximately £300,000 (£100,000 per annum with an anticipated 2years + option to extend for a further 12 months).

This is being jointly funded by NHS Tees Valley CCG, Hartlepool Borough Council and Stockton Borough Council.

The Objectives of the service are to: Provide a pre and during diagnosis social model of support for children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions.

The service will contribute to the following outcomes Improved experiences of services for children & young people and their families, with neurodevelopmental needs.  Improved environments so that children and young people can thrive.  Increased identification of children and young people with early indicators of neurodevelopmental needs.

The provider will work towards the following outcomes:  Improvement in knowledge and skills of parents/carers to enable them to meet the needs of their child, to empower families and reduce dependency on specialist services.  Child or young person report an improvement in their quality of life and social functioning following interventions received.  Family report improvement in quality of life and social functioning following interventions received.  Children, young people and families report improvement in emotional wellbeing.  Children, young people and families report satisfaction with service.  Stakeholders report satisfaction with the service.  Family reporting improvement in engagement with school - ask provider how they will measure.  Families with high-level needs are appropriately supported to access statutory services i.e. safeguarding.

The provider would be expected to reach the above outcomes via a combination of:  Direct support to children and young people via 1--1 or group sessions.  Direct support to families via 1--1 or group sessions.  Weekly drop--in sessions held in the community to support parents and carers to meet the needs of their children at home.