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The service will cover the geographic area of Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley and west Kent all referrals will be registered with a GP within these geographical areas.\nThe provider of the specialist community based multidisciplinary team will provide a timely, integrated, person-centred diagnostic assessment. The provider will ensure that their clinical professional team has expertise in the assessment of ASC in children and young people. \nFollowing assessment, the provider will make recommendations to include how the service user can access existing resources and support from local services, signposting to community and voluntary organisations. 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Any recommendations in regards to accessing health services, social care and/or mental health services for any identified needs will need to be in line with each service's existing referral criteria. \nPredicted activity \nA minimum of 30 diagnostic assessments per month for 6 - 7 months (September 2022- March 2023)\nA maximum of 60 diagnostic assessments per month for 6 - 7 months (September 2022- March 2023) \nTotal activity: 210 - 420" } ], "lots": [ { "id": "1", "description": [ { "releaseID": "022157-2022", "releaseDate": "2022-08-11T13:39:40+01:00", "releaseTag": [ "award", "contract" ], "value": "Provision of Autism Spectrum Disorder clinics including assessment and diagnosis for children and young people 3 years to 11 years in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley and west Kent delivered over a 7-month period (September 2022 - March 2023)\nThe provider will contribute to the bespoke face to face clinical MDTs for ASC assessment and diagnostics provided by KCHFT. \nThe provider will provide a suitably qualified and experienced team of clinical staff (the Team) comprising of the following as appropriate:\nEither:\n•\tA consultant community paediatrician; or\n•\tA consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist\nPlus\n•\tA clinical psychologist; and/or\n•\tA speech and language therapist; and/or\n•\tAn occupational therapist\nThe Team will be (as appropriate): \n•\tregistered with the relevant professional regulatory body, e.g. Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) \n•\tclinically supervised by the provider, ensuring that all work falls within their Governance Framework.\nThe Team will undertake autism specific case history (using a standardised case history format) and a clinical observation assessment for autism reaching a conclusion regarding diagnosis and sharing this with the family at the time of assessment.\nThe autism diagnostic assessments will be undertaken utilising appropriate clinical assessment tools, e.g. Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and clinical judgement to support the differential diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). \nThe provider's clinical staff will supply and use their own Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) Kits for each clinical assessment undertaken as well as the relevant ADOS Module forms that are required as part of the assessment (the cost of these forms will be covered by the provider).\nAll autism assessments will be carried out by two or three clinicians one of whom will always be either a consultant community paediatrician or consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist. The others will be, either, a clinical psychologist, a speech and language therapist or an occupational therapist.\nAll assessments will follow the format detailed below:\n•\tADOS and developmental history carried out simultaneously\n•\tTeam confer and reach conclusion\n•\tConclusion offered to parents immediately with opportunity for feedback and questions\nFull diagnostic reports with signposting to local services will be sent out six to eight weeks after the assessment.\nWritten reports completed by the provider following each assessment will be distributed directly to the child's family and relevant professionals. Copies will be sent electronically via secure email (nhs.net or similarly encrypted email) and within six to eight weeks of the assessment being undertaken, to the KCHFT Community Paediatric Service to be added to the clinical files. \nThe provider will ensure that the content of the reports are clinically appropriate to the assessment carried out and details the assessment findings and recommendations made by their staff during the assessment. \nA full audit of the service will be provided at the end of the contract to include statistics on diagnosis rates, satisfaction scores and feedback from parents.\nAn identified provider staff member to be available five days per week as project manager for KCHFT staff to liaise with as required.\nWhere the individual exhibits behaviour which places them at risk of offending, then onward referral to the local forensic service for assessment may be required.\nService Coverage - Hours\nThe provider will deliver a minimum of 30 assessments per 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