Parent Infant Relationship Service

NHS Blackpool CCG wishes to commission a pilot for a Specialised Parent Infant Relationship Team to support families who are finding it difficult to develop a positive relationship with their unborn baby, their baby or young child.

The pilot will run for two years during which time there will be a focus on the feasibility and acceptability of the service with beneficiaries and referrers/professionals.

The aim of the Parent Infant Relationship Team is to improve the quality of parent-infant interactions. The focus of support required will be the parent-infant relationship. It will be an early intervention service that works to support families who are finding it difficult to develop a positive relationship with their unborn baby, their baby or young child.

The service will improve the outcomes of the infants and young children by: -

• promoting good parent infant relationships and early child development
• providing early comprehensive assessment to families
• providing evidence informed integrated service
• advancing the understanding of parent mental health and parent-infant relationship and
• to have a clear understanding of what is available and develop effective pathways
• providing training and consultancy to frontline practitioners to enhance recognition and appropriate signposting dyads with relationship difficulties in the early years
• working with CAMHS as part of a hybrid model to ensure children aged 2-5 and their families can access support where there are difficulties in the nurturing relationship.

Additional information: Midlands and Lancashire CSU is publishing this VEAT Notice to confirm NHS Blackpool CCG's (the CCG) intention to award a contract for the pilot for the Parent Infant Relationship Service to Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Following publication of the VEAT notice on 8 December 2021, there will be a 10-day standstill period, concluding on 20 December 2021. Following satisfactory conclusion of the standstill period, the CCGs will enter into a contract with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the 2 year pilot.