Market Engagement Event – Brent Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS)

Brent Council intends to commission a comprehensive Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS) for young families in the Borough hosted within Brent Best Start Family Hubs. The service aligns with national ‘Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life’ guidance released in 2025.

The primary aim of the service is to support families with parent-infant relationship concerns and mild to moderate perinatal mental health needs.

The provider will be responsible for:

• Planning for how the parents and family can support their own wellbeing and that of their infant.

• Assessment of the mental health and emotional wellbeing of the mother and infant, with specific attention to the mother-infant relationship and provision of interventions or referral needed to address any problems identified.

• Assessment of family functioning and the impact of this on the mother-infant relationship.

• Delivery of short-term interventions that are outcome focused.

• Ongoing monitoring of maternal mental health as well as infant mental health.

• Linking in with peer support service and signposting families.

• Building and maintaining collaborative pathways with Brent Children’s Social Care, Health Visiting, CAHMS and safeguarding services

• Working with other providers to develop a diversity of service provision which meets the identified needs of diverse communities using the service in Brent.

• Working in co-operation with other types of service to ensure that the pathway to support is more coherent and better co-ordinated.

A market engagement event has also been scheduled on Wednesday 2nd September 2026 between 1pm - 3pm. If your organisation is interest in attending, please express an interest in the opportunity on the London Tenders Portal. You will then receive a message from the Council requesting further details on how to register for the event.