Children and Young People Online Counselling Service

Commissioners are seeking to procure an online mental health and wellbeing counselling service for the children and young people of Nottinghamshire (Mansfield and Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, Nottingham North and East, Nottingham West, Rushcliffe and Bassetlaw). The service vision is to ensure children and young people have timely access to safe online support, ensuring their voice is heard via high quality innovative service models which focus on early intervention and prevention, via outcome focused integrated and multi-agency working. The service will provide emotional mental health and wellbeing support through an online/web-based counselling service, which will also be available via mobile applications.

The scope and nature of the services required by the Council are set out in more detail in the Specification. The contract duration will be for an initial term of two years, with an option to extend annually for a further two years.