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Knowsley Council

Counselling Services for Knowsley Council's Occupational Health Service

HealthcareCPV 85000000 85100000 85140000
Value£86k
Awarded23 Feb 2022
Published16 Dec 2022
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£86ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits below the typical range for Health & Social Care contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The counselling service will deliver and have particular expertise within the following areas:\r \r a) Providing confidential counselling services for employees who may be looking for assistance with personal or work related problems. \r b) Providing group work sessions and workshops as directed by the Principal HR Manager (Employee Relations and Occupational Health) \r c) Working with other support services to provide an integrated service depending on the needs of service users.\r d) Person centred integrated services / CBT / Gestalt and other counselling therapies.\r \r (2) Employees may be referred via a number of routes, either following agreement with the Occupational Health Nurse, Occupational Health Physician, the Human Resources Casework Teams, via Line Managers. \r \r (3) Short-term intermittent absences is a concern for the Council, and whilst it is not envisaged that this will be a regular part of the Counselling Service to be provided, the provider is advised that counselling for employees to help them reduce absence from work may be requested from time to time.\r \r (4) Written reports, in an approved format, must be provided to the Occupational Health Nurse at the initial consultation stage and upon conclusion of treatment.

The reports should also be made available to the referring members of the Occupational Health Service, via the Medical Support Assistants to maintain confidentiality.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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The counselling service will deliver and have

The counselling service will deliver and have particular expertise within the following areas:\r.

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C) Working with other support services

c) Working with other support services to provide an integrated service depending on the needs of service users.\r.

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D) Person centred integrated services / CBT

d) Person centred integrated services / CBT / Gestalt and other counselling therapies.\r.

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(4) Written reports, in an approved format

(4) Written reports, in an approved format, must be provided to the Occupational Health Nurse at the initial consultation stage and upon conclusion of treatment.

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The reports should also be made available

The reports should also be made available to the referring members of the Occupational Health Service, via the Medical Support Assistants to maintain confidentiality.

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Stage
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