A one-year extension to the current Child and Young People Mental Health Service for Children in Care and Young Healthy Minds contracts to enable the completion and implementation of a new service model for children and adolescent emotional wellbeing.
The decision relates to Corporate Objectives and is linked with the development of an Emotional Wellbeing Strategy -“The Way Ahead”. The Strategy forms a key part of the Council’s Health & Wellbeing Board’s response to two of its overarching outcomes:
· To ensure that every child has the best start in life
· That people with mental health issues are supported to live well
Financial Implications: The value of the children in care element of the service is £1m per annum. The funding for the emotional wellbeing service is £1.1m, £882k of which is from the Public Health and £302k from the CCGs.
The KCC funding is in the agreed budget.
Legal Implications: These are both three year contracts with an option to extend.
Equality Implications: None
Is the matter referred to in the Directorate’s Business Plan or Medium Term Capital Programme? Part of ongoing work with NHS.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure or savings of more than £1m;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Division affected: (All Division);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 20/01/2015
Department: Social Care, Health & Wellbeing
Contact: Carol Infanti, Strategic Commissioning Manager 03000 416294 carol.infanti Email: @kent.gov.uk.
Consultees
The issue will be discussed by the Children’s Social Care and Health Cabinet Committee on 20 January 2015.
Financial implications: Carol Infanti Commissioning Officer, Strategic Commissioning 03000 416294 Carol.infanti@kent.gov.uk
Legal implications: 15/00006