ECC Mental Health Intensive Assessment Beds North East and West Essex

This contract is to provide Intensive Assessment Beds service for Adults from North East and West Essex. It is a short stay 24/7 service (maximum 6 weeks) with on-site MDT.

The requirement is for six Intensive enablement beds located in North-East Essex, which will accept referrals from individuals who have connection with either North-East or West Essex. The six-bed provision located in the North-East Essex area will cover both areas.

The primary purpose of this service is to provide a safe, community-based setting for assessments to be undertaken for people ready for discharge from hospital settings, including Personality Disorder and rehabilitation units. Referrals may also be made from the community for people who do not need an inpatient-based assessments and or/treatment.

IAB services will be CQC registered and deliver regulated personal care tasks alongside mental health support where needed.

The service will provide an opportunity to ensure individuals are appropriately assessed to receive the right support, at the right time and in the right place and receive the right resources to meet their identified assessed needs once discharged from the scheme Comprehensive Care Act and community-based assessments undertaken within the IAB schemes are a key element of the new model for recovery in Mental Health Accommodation and this will be a new service within ECC.

This tender is open to all interested bidders with a submission deadline of 12pm on 16th September 2022.