Mental Health Support Team (MHST)

The Commissioner is looking to find a provider for Forward Thinking Birmingham's Mental Health Service Team (MHST) provision for a period of three years. This includes:

• Full operational delivery of a defined amount of MHSTs within Birmingham in line with national roll out plan (e.g. Wave 9 to be fully operational by September 2023) • 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