Children Affected by Parental Substance Misuse

Concepts

• health and social work
• livingston
• children
• parental substance misuse
• parental substance use
• delivery of specific early intervention
• implementation of service delivery model
• young people
• complex needs
• care pathways

Location

Description

Development and implementation of service delivery model and associated integrated care pathways to support families, children and young people affected by parental substance use with multiple and complex needs.

Total Quantity or Scope

Delivery of specific early intervention and prevention and recovery outcomes to support the diverse and complex needs of families, children – including pre-birth - and young people affected by parental substance use. Additional information: Council executive approval September 2021. There was no price/quality evaluation as this was a direct award

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Legal Justification

Reg 33(1)(c) of the PC(S) Regs 2015 applies. West Lothian Council approved a Procurement Report based on this rationale in September 2021. Further details can be found in Additional Information.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The current provider of support for Children affected by parental substance abuse (Circle Scotland), works in partnership with West Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership as well as other relevant organisations to deliver services to some of the most vulnerable families. The current contract was due to expire on 31 March 2019, however in light of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the contract was granted a one year, with an additional one-year extension running to 31 March 2022. The contract is now fully mobilised and providing a consistent and continuous service to those supported. Circle Scotland receive match funding of 26,773 GBP from the CORRA Foundation which enables an enhanced service to be delivered. The grant funds an additional staff member. The CORRA Foundation is a charitable grant giving organisation, previously part of the Lloyds banking group, set up to distribute 1% of the Banks profit to make a difference to the lives of people and communities. This funding would be lost if the current service is ended as the monies are directly secured by Circle Scotland for this purpose and would not be transferred to another provider. Circle Scotland’s West Lothian Family Support Project, in partnership with Change Grow Lives’ Recovery Service, has secured 50% funding for 3 years from September 2021-24, from the CORRA Foundation towards a full time Fathers Support Worker post. Circle Scotland has also put in a note of interest for Match funding through the ‘Children and Families Fund’, part of the National Drugs Mission Fund. This is a collective proposal with West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Partnership. All of the aforementioned funding bids are specific to Circle and enable them to provide an enhanced service within West Lothian at this time. There is uncertainty on how the Scottish Government will roll out the Whole Family Approach National Strategy and associated funding at this time. The parameters around the allocation of the funding is unclear. It is therefore inappropriate to tender without full knowledge of the strategic landscape and associated funding in terms of expectations of delivery or outputs. It would be prudent for the partnership to be clear on requirements to ensure any future service is appropriate and can deliver the National and Local Objectives. The current service provision is required to continue to ensure consistency of service delivery and associated funding allocations. Service provision has been approved by Council Executive for a period of three years from 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2025 at a value of 383,544 GBP. There was no price/quality evaluation as this was a direct award (SC Ref:681448)