# Improving the Emotional Health and Wellbeing for Children and Young People in Staffordshire

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Staffordshire County Council.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Staffordshire County Council](/buyers/staffordshire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Action for Children Services Limited](/suppliers/action-for-children-services/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £3,898,253
- Tender value: £5,200,000
- Award date: 4 February 2020
- Published: 27 March 2024
- Contract start: 1 April 2020
- Contract end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: ead65ad4-54ce-452f-8101-96c29c0186f3-735778
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-83c17eee-f85a-465a-a1e2-356c5db9fdb1

## Description

Staffordshire's County Council and Clinical Commissioning Groups have a shared vision for the development of emotional health and wellbeing services for children and young people in Staffordshire\. This is based on the principles of Thrive and gives emphasis to a preventative, early intervention approach\. The vision is ambitious and aims to deliver an accessible and responsive service to the children and young people of our county\. Staffordshire covers a large geographical area and is divided into the eight \(8\) districts of Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands and Tamworth\. Service aims are: • To promote positive emotional health and wellbeing, whilst offering a self-help and face to face support system to those who require it; • To enable children and young people to access services at a time and level they feel is appropriate for them; • Build resilience in individuals, peer groups, family units and communities; • To be inclusive of the Looked After Children and Care Leaver cohort within Staffordshire; • Reduce the prevalence of escalating emotional health and wellbeing issues for children and young people, through prevention and early intervention; • To work collaboratively with professionals, families and services utilising local/place-based arrangements to ensure a child centred approach to support is a reality, not an aspiration\. The Service will offer a flexible approach to meeting the needs of Children and Young People \(CYP\) aged 5-18, who have mild to moderate mental health needs\. The offer will be one that is made up of following; • Preventative Work o Low level information, advice and guidance o Peer support o Raising awareness of emotional health and wellbeing issues within communities, families, peer groups and with individuals o Tackling the stigma around mental and emotional health o Promotion of new, future emotional health and wellbeing services whilst utilising existing statutory services that support CYP and families in a variety of ways\. o Effective work with stakeholders to ensure cohesive services • Self-Help via Digital Support o Support for young people o Self-referral service o Online counselling\. • Direct Support o Therapeutic offer o Wide range of therapies o Group support o 1:1 support o Peer support The tender will be procured via a Competitive Dialogue tender process\. This will be a three-stage process: - 1\. Submission of Selection Questionnaire 2\. Invitation to Participate in Dialogue 3\. Invitation to Submit Final Bid - Invitation to tender Suppliers should register on the Proactis e-tendering system: https://supplierlive\.proactisp2p\.com and then select this tender opportunity to view and return tender documents\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ead65ad4-54ce-452f-8101-96c29c0186f3-735778)