Norfolk Community Learning Disability and Intensive Support Service

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NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board invited suitably qualified and experienced providers to express their interest in delivering a Norfolk Community Learning Disability and Intensive Support Service<br/><br/>The Community Learning Disability Service will work with all people with a learning disability registered with a GP in Norfolk.

To access the services of Tier 3 and Tier 4 of the service specification, adults must be 18+.<br/><br/>To classify as severe learning disability, the following features must be present:<br/><br/>• A significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information or learn new skills (impaired intelligence).<br/>• A reduced ability to cope independently (impaired social functioning).<br/>• This must begin before adulthood, with a lasting effect on development.<br/><br/>This definition encompasses people with a broad range of disabilities.

The presence of a low intelligence quotient, for example an IQ below 70, is not itself, a sufficient reason for deciding whether an individual should be provided with additional health and social care support.<br/><br/>We also want the Community Learning Disability Service to advise, guide, up-skill and raise awareness with social care provision and primary care.

In these instances, these cases may be for a wider spectrum of people rather than just those with a severe learning disability.<br/><br/>Service Aims<br/>• Supporting access to mainstream health services.<br/>• Enabling others to deliver high-quality, person-centered care.<br/>• Delivering direct therapeutic interventions.<br/>• Positive response to crisis situations.<br/>• Quality assurance.<br/>• Strategic service development and transformation in support of commissioners..<br/><br/>This is a 3 year contract with the option to extend for up to an additional 2 years.

The contract has an annual value of £6.614m per annum.