SS14 83 - Risk Assessment and Harmful Sexual Behaviour Evaluation Market Engagement

The Opportunity

Kent County Council (KCC), NHS/Clinical Commissioning Groups are seeking to commission county-wide services for Children and Young People (CYP) between the ages of 0-18 who have been victims/survivors of sexual abuse or who themselves exhibit harmful or inappropriate sexual behaviours and Risk Assessments.

The intention is to have an integrated service whereby the Provider provides initial assessments which then, depending on the outcome of the assessment, refers into the Harmful Sexual Behaviour service.

Background

Kent County Council (the council) is the largest county council in England covering an area of 3,500 square kilometres. It has an annual expenditure of over 900m on goods and services and a population of 1.3m. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 289 parish/town councils.

The Services

Risk Assessments (RA) This is a specialist service for children and young people that may benefit from a detailed assessment of their behasviour and the risks they present and possible therapeutic intervention.

Harmful or Inappropriate Sexual Behaviuor Service (HSB) This is a specialist service for children and young people where there are persistent inappropriate or transgressive behaviours.

The overarching outcomes for the service are

• Children and young people who exhibit harmful sexual behaviour are supported in maintaining emotional well-being and developing resilience and report an improvement in their behaviour. 2. Families report that they have the information, skills and confidence to promote positive emotional/sexual health, to understand and reduce the likelihood of repeat behaviour and can help build resilience and appropriately support children and young people who exhibit harmful sexual behaviour.3. Parents/carers of young people receiving support from the service report improvement in the childs well-being/ behaviour.4. Evidence that there has been an improvement in the behaviour of children and young people.5. Social workers and other professional have greater skills and confidence to support these children and young people and what role they can play in reducing the risk.

"Meet the Buyer"Event and Expression of Interest

This is a Prior Information Notice to inform potential bidders of the Councils intention to go out to tender as well as gathering market intelligence about effective and efficient ways of structuring the procurement.

Thisis also a notification to potential providers of the service of a "Meet The Buyer" event scheduled for 16 January 2015.

Please note this is still part of the market engagement and not the tender phase.

In order to aid this providers are advised to express their interest via the Kent Business Portal. We would welcome your views on how these services should be delivered and have attached a Feedback Formfor yourresponses. This information will inform the specification f