# Therapeutic Support for Children Looked After

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Wirral Borough Council](/buyers/wirral-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £1,320,000
- Published: 18 December 2024
- Planned start: 1 April 2025
- Planned end: 31 March 2031
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f572c6e3-174f-41d8-b690-3a74ef5e7bba-811755
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6329b6af-9a90-4c95-979f-516165644638

## Description

The Council is seeking to appoint a supplier to provide a team of mental health professionals with oversight from a clinical psychologist to support children and young people in care with their mental health and emotional wellbeing\. The team should have demonstrable experience of delivering recognised mental health interventions and therapies to young people\. The provider will receive referrals, assess the emotional well-being needs of individual Children looked after and develop and monitor individual tailored therapeutic programmes\. The focus of the team will be working with key professionals \(including social workers, foster carers, and residential workers\) to deliver therapeutic programmes\. The tender documents and any additional information are accessible via The Chest portal, https://www\.the-chest\.org\.uk/ to participate in this exercise please register your interest in this contract\. Any clarification questions should be submitted via the 'messages' section through the Chest Portal\.

## Related contract awards

- [Telephony Modernisation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ebaa0849-97d3-40bb-a53d-ffcd2ecce9d1): Wirral Borough Council
- [Cloud Migration Partner](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3a8eef34-0e22-4629-b5b0-05967aeb6571): Wirral Borough Council
- [Merseyside Pension Fund Administration System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d6cb1965-6c98-41e3-8612-76c58740d156): Wirral Borough Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f572c6e3-174f-41d8-b690-3a74ef5e7bba-811755)