Waves Borderline Personality Disorder Support Service

Waves aims to provide people in Suffolk who have a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD), or traits consistent with BPD, with support and self-development opportunities. The service aims to help clients gain a better understanding of BPD and to help individuals to meet their emotional needs, identify resources available to them to maintain mental wellbeing and achieve personal goals.

The service is for people who are 18+ with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder or traits consistent with the diagnosis, and who are registered with a GP practice in Ipswich and East Suffolk or West Suffolk localities. Service users must be willing to positively engage with the service as well as adhere to the rules and boundaries of Waves. Referrals must be made by a healthcare professional; the service will not accept self-referrals.

The service is for people who are 18+ with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder or traits consistent with the diagnosis, and who are registered with a GP practice in Ipswich and East Suffolk or West Suffolk localities. Service users must be willing to positively engage with the service as well as adhere to the rules and boundaries of Waves. Referrals must be made by a healthcare professional; the service will not accept self-referrals.

• To deliver personalised support attuned to the distinct needs and aspirations of each service user
• To nurture autonomy, resilience and self-management life skills among service users
• To establish a nurturing and secure environment conducive to emotional and psychological wellness
• To foster positive interpersonal relationships and social connections within the community
• To facilitate access to pertinent resources and support conducive to the management of BPD symptoms
• To empower service users to cultivate coping mechanisms and refine emotional regulation skills
• To engage in collaborative endeavours with other healthcare practitioners and support networks involved in the care of service users

Contract length - 3 years + 2 year extension option. Commences 1st April 2024

Total contract value - £870k (5 years)

Waves is a twelve-week group-based programme with two components:

1. Waves includes a 2-hour Lifeskills development session in the morning as programmed

2. Art session and 1-1s, group work in the afternoons e.g. focus sessions achieving individuals' goals with staff support, such as lifestyle goals, employment or volunteer applications, or to reinforce skills covered in the morning session.

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider.

The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.