Mental health commissioned services
North Yorkshire County Council’s Health and Adult Services has been working with a range of stakeholders to look at how third sector organisations will be commissioned to deliver mental health support on behalf of the Council in future.
Following a procurement exercise six new contracts for delivery of support across North Yorkshire from 1st October 2018 have been successfully awarded to a mixture of existing and new providers.
Contracts have been awarded to the following organisations:
| District | Provider |
|---|---|
| Craven | Pioneer Projects |
| Hambleton and Richmondshire | Darlington Mind |
| Harrogate | Harrogate Mind |
| Ryedale | Next Steps |
| Scarborough | Scarborough Survivors |
| Selby | Horton Housing |
Further information about the new services including support delivered and contact details is available in the stakeholder briefing below.
Stakeholder briefing - October 2018
The new services will act as a local point of contact for adults with mental health issues or concerns, their families and carers, helping them to access the support they need. This could include:
- Accessing information and advice including signposting to other support and services;
- Brief, practical interventions such as accessing and maintaining employment, education or training, or support with benefits or housing;
- Social activities to help people stay connected to other people and their local communities;
- Opportunities to access and support the development of peer support and user-run services;
- Support with self-care and life skills such as information and training to develop coping strategies and skills around budgeting and finance.
Support will be available for anyone aged 18 and over living in North Yorkshire who has mental health issues or concerns, and any family members and carers of anyone with mental health issues or concerns. Support will be delivered using a ‘hub and spoke’ model to enable people to access support closer to home.
Further information about the review, including copies of the engagement and consultation reports, is available below.
Mental health commissioned services engagement and consultation
North Yorkshire County Council consulted on proposals for how third sector organisations will be commissioned to deliver mental health support on behalf of the Council between 22 January 2018 and 19 February 2018. The consultation followed an extensive engagement period which included a series of engagement events, feedback forms and feedback received by email. Copies of the consultation and engagement reports are available below.
Mental health commissioned services consultation - consultation report
Adult social care mental health review - engagement summary report
Background to the review
North Yorkshire County Council has been working with partners to develop proposals for what an adult social care mental health offer should look like for North Yorkshire.
We wanted the future offer to have a focus on promoting good mental wellbeing for all people in North Yorkshire, as well as early intervention and prevention, and supporting recovery from mental ill-health.
In considering the future social care mental health model we looked at what the best balance will be between which social care mental health functions will be delivered by the Council and which could be delivered by external organisations on its behalf.
We looked at making some changes to how mental health services are delivered by the Council in partnership with health trusts, with the intention that any social care offer will still be delivered as part of a joined up approach with healthcare services. Our guiding principles came from the North Yorkshire Mental Health Strategy (Hope, Control and Choice), the Crisis Care Concordat and Future in Mind (Children and Young People's Mental Wellbeing).
The Council previously commissioned a range of non-statutory adult community mental health services from voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations in North Yorkshire, with some funding contributions from local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). These contracts provided a range of community-based support including mental health resource centres, social inclusion support, employment support, peer-led support and outdoor activities.
The Council was required to re-procure this service provision as continuing to extend these contracts was no longer possible under EU procurement regulations. New, non-statutory community support provision needed to be procured and implemented by 1 October 2018, when the previous contracts ended.
We used this opportunity to review whether there are any changes to the current range of services, or the way the services are delivered that can help us deliver the outcomes we have committed to in our Mental Health Strategy.
