# Supported Employment for adults experiencing mental ill health

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Essex County Council](/buyers/essex-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Essex Partnership UniversityNHS Foundation Trust
- Award value: £3,650,000
- Tender value: £3,650,000
- Award date: 25 June 2020
- Published: 4 July 2020
- Contract start: 1 July 2020
- Contract end: 30 June 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: caef94b7-42b8-4d92-9369-3f8aeac18f91-368350
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8fa7ae79-e5e5-47e7-bcd0-d258befdecd9

## Description

: This is for the provision of supported employment services to adults in Essex experiencing mental ill health\. The proposed approach, based on broad stakeholder engagement, including engagement with individuals with lived experience, is to procure a lead provider\(s\) to deliver Supported Mental Health Employment services across Essex via two Lots\. The Supported Employment Services are a non-statutory service and are aimed at improving the wellbeing of people mental health illness\. We believe that employment is a key enabler to supporting recovering and independence and can help people become less reliant on statutory health and social care services\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/caef94b7-42b8-4d92-9369-3f8aeac18f91-368350)