Contract for the Provision of Emotional Wellbeing & Enhanced Inclusion Support Pathways

Description of the Procurement: The contract will include all aspects of Social Emotional Mental Health needs and Providers will be expected to work with children from KS1 to KS4 to deliver high quality outcomes for our young people. Providers will be expected to work across Waltham Forest to deliver high quality outcomes for our young people. We are seeking to gain some market insight from providers with a track record of proven knowledge and experience in all areas of SEMH needs including but not limited to from the list below: LOT 1: EMOTIONAL WELLBEING SERVICE • Elements of delivery of emotional wellbeing service – inclusive schools and AP • Prevention and early intervention service for children with emerging, mild and moderate emotional wellbeing, mental health, relationships, and behavioural needs, who are at risk of exclusion. • Provided in a range of non-clinical settings including schools, AP settings, and other community buildings, as appropriate. • Provide evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions including counselling. • Align fully with clinical CAMHS Getting Help offer and Mental Health in Schools Teams (MHST). • Link to social prescribing and community-based offer to support schools in their holistic approach to emotional mental health and wellbeing in line with the Waltham Forest and North East London approach to personalised care. • Provide clinical assessment for children who have emotional wellbeing, mental health, relationships, and behavioural support needs, including anxiety disorders, self-harm, or other symptoms. • Support and supervision for staff who work with children with SEMH needs and other vulnerabilities. LOT 2: ENHANCED INCLUSION SUPPORT OFFER In order to contribute to the outcomes, as set out above, the provider(s) will: • Build capacity in schools and YFYS for child-centred assessment of SEMH and behaviour needs that lead to barriers to engagement in mainstream education. • Provide a whole school training and development offer. • Contribute to building systemic, trauma-informed, restorative and inclusive approaches in schools, AP settings and YFRS working in partnership with other specialists including CAMHS therapists and Ed. Psychologists, providing IAG, case consultation and surgeries to staff in their settings on how to implement these approaches in practice. • Implement quality assurance and evaluation processes consistent with the monitoring and reporting requirements of the service specification. LOT 2: ENHANCED INCLUSION SUPPORT OFFER: OLDER CHILDREN • Implement intervention programmes with identified groups of young people - on confidence building, emotional literacy, self-regulation, nurture groups, bullying, sexual health, etc – to address SEMH needs and prevent exclusions. • Support children and/or young people during a defined period of enhanced intervention and ensure that this enables child to engage in education via resources provided by mainstream setting, including through digital resources, as necessary. • Devise with partners opportunities for participation and co-production: all support is based on principles of co-production. Children will be invited to reflect on content and quality of support offered to them and to contribute to process of design and improvement. • Implement quality assurance and evaluation processes consistent with the monitoring and reporting requirements of the service specification. Additional information: This PIN is not a tender but is a notice which sets out the contracting authority's purchasing intentions