SN250527 - RFQ - Pilot Level 1 Parent Infant Relationship (PIR) Intervention

KCC is seeking a suitable organisation to propose and deliver a programme of non-clinical Level 1 Universal Parent Infant Relationship Interventions, to test and pilot new ideas. Level 1 Parent Infant Relationship Intervention will comprise of the following elements. *Creative group sessions - Interactive for parents/families with their baby/Infant *Facilitated group discussion - to include peer and mutual support *One to One support and feedback to parents. The purpose of this parent infant relationship intervention is to help parents to deepen the bond with their baby/Infant. Finding a range of ways for parents to have two-way communication with their baby to help with their relationship and to help baby/infant development. The programme will support parents to learn coping mechanisms and tools to cope with the demands of being a new parent to develop insights and techniques to help them understand their baby/infant's development. This universal intervention aims to help prevent impaired bonding with a baby, promote positive parent and infant mental health and wellbeing and facilitate a stronger parent and infant bonding experience. The pilot is aimed at families that have a baby/infant up to the age of two. As part of this KCC would like to see creative group sessions that offer early support for those families with a newborn/infant up to 6 months. Families are defined as mums, dads, new parents, co parents, partners and carers which include family members who play a vital role in supporting parent infant relationships and the family's mental health. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Health-and-social-work-services./PU5FX3VJ86 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/PU5FX3VJ86