Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Flintshire County Council
Social Services, Dewi Sant, Ewloe
Flintshire
CH5 3FF
Contact
Michael Jones
michael.jones@flintshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1352702546
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKL23 - Flintshire and Wrexham
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0419
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Flintshire Locality Wellbeing Officers.
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Flintshire County Council are posting this notice to ascertain the level of interest in the market to provide the service/s detailed below in advance of a full tender exercise being carried out.
If you feel you have the knowledge and expertise to deliver this service/s please contact michael.jones@flintshire.gov.uk
Flintshire Locality Wellbeing Officers
A team of Wellbeing Officers working within locality areas in the County of Flintshire to work closely with adults, providing short term interventions to support their health and wellbeing needs.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKL23 - Flintshire and Wrexham
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Title – Social Prescribing and Early Interventions – Wellbeing Officers.
This is a new service funded by the Welsh Government’s Regional Integration Fund (RIF) Programme as part of the Community Services Transformation Programme.
This service will provide a small team of Wellbeing Officer roles across the community in Flintshire. The Wellbeing Officers will work with individual adults in the local community to provide short term support and to ensure that their health and wellbeing needs are being met.
A preventative and early intervention approach will be adopted to provide coordination of practical support to individuals identified as being at higher risk of escalating needs. Including support for people following hospital discharge.
The Wellbeing Officers team will be employed by the awarded provider. The team will be required to work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams, including health and social care professionals in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and Flintshire County Council. The team will also be required to develop strong collaborative links with primary care providers, including GP and health centres, pharmacy services as well as community groups and organisations.
Work allocation will be directed from a Social Services team using established referral processes. The Wellbeing Officers will build strong working relationships with the Flintshire Local Voluntary Social Prescribers team based within the Single Point of Access (SPoA) base in Mold. This Social Prescribing and Third sector Coordination Team receive a high volume of referrals from a broad age range and work with third sector service providers and support organisations to find person centred solutions for individuals.
The Wellbeing Officers will have a wide remit, providing day-to-day support and advocacy, developing short term practical approaches to ensure that people are able to maintain their health and wellbeing in their own home. Enabling people to access prescribed services and support, attend medical or social appointments.
The Council would like to invite Providers with demonstrable experience of delivery of relevant support services to further discuss the opportunity to be a delivery partner within Locality Multidisciplinary Teams
Partners for this contract will demonstrate a clear vision for the services, with a focus on individual outcomes using person centred plans and prevention and early intervention models of care. Partners would share the vision to maintain social care values, increase integration and interaction between services and local communities by utilising commercial partnerships, social commitments and volunteer participatory agreements.
This is an exciting opportunity for a provider with expertise and a proven track record in providing similar services, to take ownership and transform a well-established and valued service, with skilled and experienced staff. The commissioned provider will continue to deliver high quality support and development for people, offering value for money and delivering outcomes to meet the needs of the local population.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
3 October 2022
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Interest from Providers should be sent to Michael Jones, Wellbeing & Partnership Lead, Social Services, Flintshire County Council michael.jones@flintshire.gov.uk by 30th August 2022.
(WA Ref:123766)