Tender

Recruitment of Peer Support Workers and Development of Patient Experience Model within Learning Disability and Autism Services

BARNET ENFIELD AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH TRUST

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Tender

24 Jul 2023 at 15:04

Planning

04 May 2023 at 08:11

Summary of the contracting process

The Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust is seeking services for the Recruitment of Peer Support Workers and Development of a Patient Experience Model within Learning Disability and Autism Services. This tender, in the services category, aims to place individuals at the center of service delivery, focusing on quality assurance and user involvement. The contract value is £200,000 GBP, with a 540-day contract period. The call for tender closes on August 25, 2023, and the award period begins on August 28, 2023.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses specializing in staff development services to engage with North London NHS Forensic Collaborative. The procurement method is an open procedure, soliciting both electronic and written submissions. The location for service delivery is at North London NHS Forensic Collaborative in North London. The contract includes two components: the Recruitment of Peers with a Learning Disability and Autism, and the Design, Development, and Implementation of a Patient Engagement Model. Businesses interested in participating can find more details and submit their Expression of Interest via the provided Atamis Portal link.

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Notice Title

Recruitment of Peer Support Workers and Development of Patient Experience Model within Learning Disability and Autism Services

Notice Description

To develop and implement an expert by experience model that places the people who use forensic inpatient and community learning disability and autism services at the centre of the way services are delivered and quality assured. This will be achieved through the recruitment and development of a peer workforce who will work alongside the case managers and the wider commissioning team to drive up the quality of services delivered, and the development of a user involvement pathway that engages directly with people who use forensic learning disability and autism services to ensure their voices are central to way services are planned and delivered.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This section provides an outline of the requirements for service delivery. The contract will be divided into two components for the purpose of describing the two distinct parts of the service, providers will need to be able to deliver both elements.
a) Component 1: Recruitment of Peers with a Learning Disability and Autism
b) Component 2: Design, Development and Implementation of a Patient Engagement Model

4.1 Recruitment of Peers with a Learning Disability
4.1.1 Recruitment of Peers to Provide a Quality Assurance Role:
The commissioning hub currently recruits five peer engagement workers with lived experience of forensic or inpatient mental health services, to work alongside case managers in a quality assurance role. The peers engage directly with current inpatients with a mental illness to establish how they feel about the quality of care they receive, utilising their own experience to bring a lived experience perspective to the way the commissioning hub plans, delivers and quality assures services.

NLFC would like to extend the peer engagement worker offer to provide a quality assurance role in our learning disability and autism services. To drive this forward we are seeking to commission a provider to recruit peers with a learning disability and autism into paid roles. The peer workers will work alongside our case managers approximately 2 days a week, to undertake the following:
a) Carry out announced and unannounced reviews of wards and community teams with case managers. This involves speaking with staff and patients about their experience
b) Attend inpatient and community user forums to gather intelligence on patient experience, with peers onsite and visible on one of the wards once a week
c) Attend quarterly contract meetings with members of the commissioning team, feeding back on patient experience
d) Feedback patient experience within the commissioning team, and use their lived experience to inform quality improvement and service development across the collaborative, attending meetings within team as required.
4.1.2 Training, Development and Supervision of Peers:
As part of the current NLFC and BEH peer support infrastructure, our current peer engagement workers have access to a robust training and support package. This includes access to a training program for new peers within the organisation that focuses on the key skills and knowledge required to deliver effective peer support, and a bespoke internal training package tailored to the role of peer engagement workers. Peers also have a wellness at work plan, and regular 1:1 and group supervision.

The NLFC would require the provider to offer a similar training, development and support package to peers recruited into this role, with a focus on the following:
a) A training package, that will be co designed with the commissioning team with a focus on patient engagement and quality assurance
b) A package of support and wellbeing, which includes supervision
c) To identify and develop new peers within the NLFC learning disability and autism services, working closely with the user leads in each of the providers to develop this pathway
d) Provide training and support to case managers and the wider commissioning hub team to work alongside the peers
e) Ensure peers are fully integrated into the commissioning hub, working in partnership with the commissioning team to promote inclusivity and ensure the peers are equipped with the appropriate tools and support to enable them to conduct their role and fully participate in the team.
f) To ensure peer workers are able to safely travel to and from sites across North London
4.2 Development of a Patient Engagement Model
It is vital that the voice of people with a learning disability and or/autism, their families and carers are actively involved in shaping, delivering, and evaluating the services they use. One mechanism for this within our forensic inpatient mental illness services is the newly formed patient council which has representation from each of the providers within the collaborative, representing the voices of patients from across all our services. The patient council is embedded in the local provider and NLFC governance structures, reporting directly to the NLFC Delivery Board and the Clinical and Quality Group (Diagram 1), with clear communication processes in place to feedback to patients on the wards. The patient council play both an advisory and co-production role, working alongside the commissioning team and the clinical network groups to provide additional scrutiny on the quality of services delivered and involvement at each stage of the commissioning cycle and quality improvement programs.

The NLFC would like to expand and develop this model to engage with people with a learning disability and/or autism, ensuring that the voices of this population is central to the way we plan, deliver and evaluate services. We envision this to be a two-step process; with step one focused on scoping and co designing the model with patients and staff, and step two implementing and evaluating the model


a) Scoping and Design
* Engage with current patients and staff within our learning disability and autism services to co design a patient engagement model that actively engages and includes the voices of patients with a learning disability and/or autism
* Ensure that the model is integrated with the existing patient council and/or if this requires the development of a separate group.
b) Implementation and Evaluation
* Recruit, train and support patient representatives from across the learning disability and autism services, to enable them to fully participate in the role of user involvement, including the development of appropriate supportive material (e.g easy read)
* Facilitation of the group and ongoing support to sustain the model
* Develop mechanisms and provide support for patient representatives to gather and feedback information through the provider user networks
* Work alongside the commissioning team to develop clear channels of communication between the service users, providers and the commissioning team and that information shared is accessible and elevates the voices of the people who use services.
* To identify patients from within our NLFC learning disability and autism services for future paid peer or expert by experience roles
* Develop a framework to measure the impact of the patient council at an individual and organisational level

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c62a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021338-2023
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

75200000 - Provision of services to the community

79633000 - Staff development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£200,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£200,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Jul 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
25 Aug 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
6 Nov 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BARNET ENFIELD AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH TRUST
Contact Name
Tiara Pizzey
Contact Email
procurement@nelft.nhs.uk
Contact Phone
+44 3005551201

Buyer Location

Locality
ESSEX
Postcode
RM13 8GQ
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
TLI31 Camden and City of London, TLI52 Barking & Dagenham and Havering

Local Authority
Havering
Electoral Ward
Rainham & Wennington
Westminster Constituency
Dagenham and Rainham

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