2nd re-opening - Dynamic Purchasing System for Residential Substance Misuse Rehabilitation Services

The Council requires service provision under the DPS at the following level: Level 1 Standard - 18 years old with no upper age limit. Rehabilitation placements commissioned at this level will: * Provide multi-cultural programmes to meet the needs of a diverse population * Provide disability access and where required will provide disability aids * Will carry out pre-admission assessment in conjunction with Residential Detoxification Services and Sefton Adult Social Care Substance Misuse Assessment Team * Provide a programme of structured intervention including but not limited to: psychosocial and recovery support interventions * Comply with all National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) reporting requirements * Complete detailed discharge reports and outcome records for all planned and unplanned discharges * Provide Sefton Council Adult Social Care Substance Misuse Assessment Team with regular (not less than monthly) Client Progress Review Reports * Provide family support * Provide career guidance and training opportunities * Support a 'whole family' approach to working with children and families * Provide pre-discharge planning and liaison with the Adult Social Care Substance Misuse Assessment Team to agree community re-integration programmes

The Council requires service provision under the DPS at the following level: Level 2 Enhanced - 18 years old with no upper age limit. Rehabilitation Placements commissioned and provided at level 2 will provide all of the criteria outlined in level 1. In addition, services providing enhanced - level 2 provision will offer some or all of the facilities outlined below: * Support individuals with a dual diagnosis (substance misuse and mental health) * Support individuals with complex physical health needs and ensure access to medical interventions where necessary * Support individuals with mobility problems and provide adaptations where required * Support individual suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and ensure access to specialist counselling support where required * Support both victims and perpetrators of domestic violence and ensure access to specialist interventions for addressing domestic violence awareness * Provide single gender facilities (female only/male only) * Provide mother and baby facilities

The Council requires service provision under the DPS at the following level: Level 3 Specialist - 18 years old with no upper age limit. On occasion Sefton Council will need to commission specialist rehabilitation placements to meet the high level of need for individuals with a specific diagnosis and/or condition. Programmes at level 3 will need to offer: * Support to individuals with behavioural problems attributed to alcohol acquired brain injury * Support to individuals with specific alcohol related conditions including Wernicke's encephalopathy, Korsakoff's psychosis, alcohol related liver disease and alcohol related pancreatitis * Support for individuals with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorders * Interpreter, translation and/or sign language provision * Support for individuals at risk of self-harm and self-injury