SEL ICB (Bexley) Health & Wellbeing Coaching and Community Health & Wellbeing Workers (CHWWs) with Social Prescribing Service Specification

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (SEL ICB) is seeking to commission a Health & Wellbeing Coaching and Community Health & Wellbeing Workers with Social Prescribing Service for the London Borough of Bexley. This service is for those who live in the London Borough of Bexley or are registered with a Bexley GP practice.

Following the publication of the NHS 10 Year Plan, Bexley Place is driving forward with establishing a Neighbourhood Health Service in each of its three neighbourhoods. A fundamental component of a neighbourhood health service is to support residents with the wider determinants of health which have an impact on how they are able to manage their long term conditions.

The population in Bexley is diverse, both culturally and economically. The borough is split into 3 Neighbourhoods, these are:

• Frognal (Sidcup & Bexley)
• Clocktower (Bexleyheath & Welling)
• North Bexley (Erith, Thamesmead & Abbey Wood)

There are approximately 26,000 people living in Bexley who have 3 or more long term conditions. North Bexley is the most culturally and economically diverse part of the borough, with 15,995 residents living in the lowest 20% deprivation decile - this is 15% of the North Bexley population. In the other parts of the borough, the number of residents living in the lowest 20% deprivation decile is 2,774, which is 2% of that population. People living in the most deprived 20% of Bexley have a shorter life expectancy than those living in the least deprived 20%. For females, the gap is 2.2 years, and for males the gap is 5.2 years.

Bexley Place seeks an established provider of voluntary services based in the London Borough of Bexley, with a proven track record in currently delivering social prescribing and peer support services. The provider must be an existing key partner of the integrated neighbourhood teams' development in the London Borough of Bexley.

The provider must be able to mobilise within 3 months of the contract award. Due to different funding sources for these roles, the recruitment requirements are as follows:

2 wte Health & Wellbeing Coaches - community outreach - 3 years funding

5 Community Health & Wellbeing Workers - North Bexley (hyperlocal focus on Slade Green / Erith area)

There is a likelihood that the provider will be asked to further expand this service with additional resource at a later date, however this will be dependent on further funding becoming available.

Community Health & Wellbeing Workers (CHWWs) are a model of social prescribing and are intended to be a highly local, preventative workforce that works directly with residents and households to improve health, reduce inequalities, and prevent problems escalating into crises.

Lots

This procurement was divided into 1 lots, each awarded separately.