Leaving Care Counselling & Psychotherapy Service (Suicide Prevention)

Leaving Care Psychotherapy Service (Suicide Prevention) / • Proposal to continue the Islington Psychotherapy Support for Care Leavers including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People post.

• Established in Islington in 2021 as a pilot led by local VCS partner, The Brandon Centre, the post provides additional support to care leavers aged 18-25 years old both directly or indirectly, through consultation and training.
• The aim of this post holder is to support 12-15 young people per year within Islington. As part of the offer, young people receive 16-20 sessions of integrative psychotherapy, which is goal-based and tailored to individual needs.
• Goals can be a mix of practical/behavioural (start exercising), relational (improve my relationships / reduce arguments), or more emotion-related (improve my mood / reduce my anxiety) goals.
• To date the pilot has demonstrated a reduction in depression and anxiety scores for services users.
• The funding would continue the 1.0 WTE post which is split across Haringey, Camden and Islington. The post sits with Islington for 1.5 days a week.

The notice relates to Leaving Care Psychotherapy Service (Suicide Prevention) / • Proposal to continue the Islington Psychotherapy Support for Care Leavers including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People post.

• Established in Islington in 2021 as a pilot led by local VCS partner, The Brandon Centre, the post provides additional support to care leavers aged 18-25 years old both directly or indirectly, through consultation and training.
• The aim of this post holder is to support 12-15 young people per year within Islington. As part of the offer, young people receive 16-20 sessions of integrative psychotherapy, which is goal-based and tailored to individual needs.
• Goals can be a mix of practical/behavioural (start exercising), relational (improve my relationships / reduce arguments), or more emotion-related (improve my mood / reduce my anxiety) goals.
• To date the pilot has demonstrated a reduction in depression and anxiety scores for services users.
• The funding would continue the 1.0 WTE post which is split across Haringey, Camden and Islington. The post sits with Islington for 1.5 days a week

This notice is an intention to award a contract to the existing provider following direct award process C.

The lifetime value of the contract is £19,570.

The expiring contract ends 31/03/2025.

The contract term will be 1 year with no option to extend.

The contract will start on 01/04/2025 and end 31/03/2026.