Planning

Havering Refugee & Asylum Seeker Mental Health & Wellbeing Outreach Service

LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING

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Planning

05 Sep 2023 at 14:47

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Havering is planning a procurement process for the "Havering Refugee & Asylum Seeker Mental Health & Wellbeing Outreach Service" under the industry category of Health and social work services. The tender involves providing mental health support services to Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers residing in Havering, particularly addressing PTSD, depression, and anxiety. The engagement end date for this planning stage is set for September 29, 2023. The procurement method is through a tender process, and the buying organisation is the London Borough of Havering, with a delivery address in Romford, England.

This opportunity is well-suited for businesses that can provide clinical psychologists trained in dealing with mental health issues among adult and child asylum seekers and refugees. Service providers need to offer outreach models, group therapy, access to interpreters, and patient records. The project will run as a pilot for at least 12 months and seeks providers who can bridge the gap in mental health services for this specific population in Havering. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are encouraged to participate in this tender process for the "Havering Refugee & Asylum Seeker Mental Health & Wellbeing Outreach Service."

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Havering Refugee & Asylum Seeker Mental Health & Wellbeing Outreach Service

Notice Description

This is not an invitation to tender. Havering currently has circa 200 Ukrainian Refugees, around half of whom are women and half of whom are children. There are also circa 250 asylum seekers housed within a contingency hotel, all of which are adult males. One of the priority health needs for this cohort, is the provision of a mental health and wellbeing support service. This cohort tends to display symptoms of PTSD, depression and anxiety at levels far greater than the general population. This is often due to the severe trauma they have experienced or witnessed before arriving in the UK but can sometimes be due to what they experience whilst here. Asylum seekers and refugees are some of the poorest and most marginalised in society, arriving in a new country and navigating the healthcare landscape can be challenging, being able to travel to health & wellbeing services located throughout the borough can become an impossible ask for many as they simply do not have the financial means to get to all available services. There is also a significant lack of understanding and trust in mental health services amongst this cohort and a subsequent reluctance to seek mental health support. This is principally due to how mental health is often perceived in their countries of origin, which tends to still elicit a fearful response when reference is made to referring into our mental health services. This has led to extremely poor uptake and engagement with existing mental health services amongst asylum seekers and refugees. A number of asylum seekers have indicated that they also fear seeking such support may negatively impact their asylum applications. Unlike neighbouring boroughs, such as Redbridge and Waltham Forest, Havering does not have a mental health service that is bespoke for refugees. Like most London boroughs, we are seeing an increase in the number of asylum seekers and refugees. A specialist asylum seeker and refugee mental health service is therefore needed to provide parity between Havering and neighbouring boroughs, but also, the skilled expertise of clinical psychologists that are trained to deal with such cases is a current gap in service provision for Havering. Having an outreach element is vitally important to the service we are looking to launch, as we want our clinical psychologists to be on site, operating from locations that are easiest for asylum seekers and refugees to access. This removes the transport barriers that currently act as blockers to accessing wider mental health services, allows clinicians to be seen to build trust and rapport with our asylum seekers and refugees, so that they feel better able to access services and can better understand the support available. Please see additional information for description continued. Additional information: Description Continued: It will be important that any potential provider has: * clinical psychologists that are appropriately trained to deal with mental health issues expressed by both adult and children asylum seekers and refugees. * Be willing to operate an outreach model, and provide 1 to 1 and group therapy sessions on site from locations that are easy to access for our asylum seeker and refugee population * Have access to interpreters from a broad range of languages * Access patient records to ensure full visibility of a patients history * Have knowledge of existing mental health services that are available for Havering residents The project will operate initially as a pilot for a minimum of 12 months If this is a service you are interested in potentially providing, then please complete the feedback form which provides you with the opportunity to answer and ask questions.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f501a1dd-e6ef-4830-a1d0-d1f6be5f2d71
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Sep 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
29 Sep 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ROMFORD
Postcode
RM1 3BB
Post Town
Romford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI5 Outer London - East and North East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI52 Barking & Dagenham and Havering
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Havering
Electoral Ward
St Edward's
Westminster Constituency
Romford

Further Information

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