# Solent NHS Trust Employment Advisers within IAPT

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Solent NHS Trust.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Solent NHS Trust](/buyers/solent-nhs-trust/contract-awards)
- Supplier: Solent Mind
- Award value: £118,473
- Tender value: £118,473
- Award date: 1 April 2023
- Published: 10 May 2023
- Contract start: 1 April 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c83fb3e9-abbb-4a94-a4d9-f056b175182e-643862
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8ae25a5c-f6bb-486e-8419-a140bd80cdc0

## Description

Direct award of 12-month contract extension for the provision of Employment Advisers within Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service to the current provider Solent Mind\. Solent NHS Trust have had responsibility of this service from 1/4/2019\. The service was undergoing a period of transformation within the AMH Support and Recovery Service, this has been directly impacted by Covid and the increase in mental health needs in Portsmouth\. The incumbent provider provides person-centred, flexible and responsive support to mental health service users of Solent NHS Trust Adult Mental Health Teams in Portsmouth, complementing the role ofclinical and social care professionals\. In addition the current provider works closely with other non-statutory services and community resources to develop and promote service users' independence\. The direct award of the contract extension will enable continuation of re-modelling of the community mental health provision as a "needs led"service to define the requirement/specification and maximise the resources available improving productivity\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c83fb3e9-abbb-4a94-a4d9-f056b175182e-643862)