Mental Health Support Team (MHST) Wave 12

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are designed to support mental health and wellbeing of children and young people (CYP) in and around schools and colleges. The teams were described in Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a Green Paper and they are a key element of the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. This guidance document sets out the process for selecting where within an ICS footprint MHSTs will be placed in 2024/25 and provides you with all you need to know as you work with your partners to establish and deliver your new MHSTs.

MHSTs will support children and young people (regardless of home address or GP) who attend any of the schools identified and approved as an MHST-supported school. If a young person is identified outside of the school groups and has a Birmingham address and / or GP, the Service will liaise with FTB regarding a plan for the most appropriate service to meet the YPs needs. This will be reviewed and evidenced in BSOL MHST Steering Group, where any transitional difficulties will be raised and resolutions sought

A provider is being sourced for Forward Thinking Birmingham’s Mental Health Service Team (MHST) for the provision of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) service for a period of three years. This services will include:

• Full operational delivery of a defined amount of MHSTs within Birmingham in line with national roll out plan (e.g. Wave 12 to be operational by January 2025)
• Delivery of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Successful recruitment and retention of MHST staff, made up of senior clinicians, Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and administrative support as per national staffing model skill mix
• Provide supervision to EMHPs and Senior staff in line with Health Education England expectations
• Provide adequate infrastructure for staff to be able to deliver the service (e.g. estates / IT / other corporate support functions)
• Work with children and young people, families, school staff and leaders, key system partners and FTB to improve mental health provisions in schools

Mental Health Support Teams are intended to deliver three core functions:

1. Deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing needs. 2. Support senior mental health leads in education settings to develop and introduce their whole-school or whole-college approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing. 3. Provide timely advice to staff and liaise with external specialist services so that children and young people can get the right support and remain in education The MHST Wave 12 provider will be responsible for providing suitable office accommodation for 48wte staff. Delivery will primarily occur on school premises however will need space for support and developmental activities.

The annual figure for this will circa £2.5m inc vat . Commercial costs must not to exceed this annual financial envelope or pro rata if part year

Further information is provided and accessible within the tender documents within the Trust – e-tendering portal : https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

The deadline for bids is 10.6.2024 @ 9am

Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) are designed to support mental health and wellbeing of children and young people (CYP) in and around schools and colleges. The teams were described in Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a Green Paper and they are a key element of the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. This guidance document sets out the process for selecting where within an ICS footprint MHSTs will be placed in 2024/25 and provides you with all you need to know as you work with your partners to establish and deliver your new MHSTs.

MHSTs will support children and young people (regardless of home address or GP) who attend any of the schools identified and approved as an MHST-supported school. If a young person is identified outside of the school groups and has a Birmingham address and / or GP, the Service will liaise with FTB regarding a plan for the most appropriate service to meet the YPs needs. This will be reviewed and evidenced in BSOL MHST Steering Group, where any transitional difficulties will be raised and resolutions sought

A provider is being sourced for Forward Thinking Birmingham’s Mental Health Service Team (MHST) for the provision of a Mental Health Support Team (MHST) service for a period of three years. This services will include:

• Full operational delivery of a defined amount of MHSTs within Birmingham in line with national roll out plan (e.g. Wave 12 to be operational by January 2025)
• Delivery of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Successful recruitment and retention of MHST staff, made up of senior clinicians, Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and administrative support as per national staffing model skill mix
• Provide supervision to EMHPs and Senior staff in line with Health Education England expectations
• Provide adequate infrastructure for staff to be able to deliver the service (e.g. estates / IT / other corporate support functions)
• Work with children and young people, families, school staff and leaders, key system partners and FTB to improve mental health provisions in schools

Mental Health Support Teams are intended to deliver three core functions:

1. Deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing needs. 2. Support senior mental health leads in education settings to develop and introduce their whole-school or whole-college approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing. 3. Provide timely advice to staff and liaise with external specialist services so that children and young people can get the right support and remain in education

Each MHST is expected to cover a population of 7000-8000 CYP across an average of 20 educational settings per team. Wave 12 MHSTs will support schools in areas dependent on need of the population. The initial identification of schools will occur from April-May 2024 by FTB by linking with Education partners to ensure highest needs are met and address any health inequalities across the city

The Provider will be expected to engage and manage relationships with the schools and continually review the schools signed up to MHST and needs of the school population. The Provider will be expected to co-design the support offered to the schools with the education provider, children & young people and families

The MHST Wave 12 provider will be responsible for providing suitable office accommodation for 48wte staff. Delivery will primarily occur on school premises however will need space for support and developmental activities.

The annual figure for this will circa £2.5m inc vat . Commercial costs must not to exceed this annual financial envelope or pro rata if part year

Further information is provided and accessible within the tender documents within the Trust – e-tendering portal : https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

The deadline for bids is 10.6.2024 @ 9am