ITT documents will be available from the 25.11.2019. Sexual violence and abuse is a crime which can have a devastating impact on victims and survivors who require support to help them recover from the harm they experienced. The PCC for Nottinghamshire has been working with local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and NHSE England for several years to increase and improve the support available for victims and survivors.
Demand for sexual violence support has risen in recent years with long waiting lists for therapeutic support in Nottingham/Nottinghamshire. In recognition of the additional demand created by Nottinghamshire Police’s Operation Equinox, and the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Nottinghamshire Hearings, the PCC has secured funding from NHS England’s High Volume Fund to provide specialist sexual violence counselling and other psychotherapy for survivors on waiting lists for therapy following specialist sexual violence and abuse support.
ITT documents will be available from the 25.11.2019. Sexual violence and abuse is a crime which can have a devastating impact on victims and survivors who often require support to help them cope and recover from the harm they have experienced. The Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire has been working with local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and NHSE England for several years to increase and improve the support available for victims and survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
Demand for sexual violence support has risen over recent years and there are currently long waiting lists for therapeutic support in Nottingham/Nottinghamshire. In recognition of the additional demand in Nottinghamshire created by Nottinghamshire Police’s Operation Equinox, and the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Nottinghamshire Hearings, the PCC has secured funding from NHS England’s High Volume Fund to provide specialist sexual violence counselling and other psychotherapy for survivors who are on the current waiting lists for therapy following specialist sexual violence and abuse support.
The PCC now wishes to award a contract to a suitably qualified provider to deliver counselling and other psychotherapy for victims and survivors of sexual violence and abuse. As a mandatory requirement, all therapeutic provision must be delivered by qualified therapists who are registered with a recognised UK psychotherapy accreditation body. In addition, providers will be expected to demonstrate the following:
— in depth understanding and insight into the needs of sexual violence victims and survivors,
— a minimum of 3 years’ experience of providing counselling and other psychotherapy for substantial numbers of sexual violence victims and survivors,
— how service delivery will comply with relevant Crown Prosecution Service Guidance https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/therapy-provision-therapy-vulnerable-or-intimidated-adult-witnesses
— proven partnership working with specialist sexual violence services to ensure that survivors are supported safely to exit the service.
The provider may be asked to support children and young people as well as adults and must work closely with existing specialist sexual violence support services in Nottinghamshire. In addition, as this is one off funding, all survivors must have completed therapy by the end of March 2020 and be safely supported into other support services if required.
Value of agreement: between 290 000 GBP and 310 000 GBP.
Term of agreement: January 2020 to March 2021.
The service needs to be operational by the end of January 2020, with robust referral pathways in place by the end of January and the first survivors beginning therapy by February 2020 at the latest.