Community Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services - Support to Families (affected by others drug and alcohol use) Tender

The service will provide free and confidential practical advice, information and emotional support to families and individuals affected by a family members harmful alcohol and drug use.

The service will also be available to kinship carers and informal carers who have caring roles as a result of family members harmful alcohol and drug use.

The service will have accommodation to deliver supports in and in addition, will offer outreach surgery group supports in local communities to widen accessibility and increase awareness of the service.

-The support will be delivered as group sessions and there will be limited 1:1 support sessions available where appropriate.

-The service will be a key component in the social recovery systems in Glasgow

-The service will be part of the recovery orientated system and be an integral part of recovery for all the family.

-The service will build and promote natural social networks of support for people to move onto more informal arrangements of support.

-The service will offer short break/respite interventions (from 1 hour to maximum of 4 hours) to children and young people (0-16). Additional information: Contract duration is 4 years (48 months) with the option for the Council to extend for a further 2 year (24 months) period.

The Contract Value advertised was based on 72 months duration including a potential extension of 2 years.

Updated 2026/2027 Price Base (incl SLW) has been used.

Counselling services will be an early intervention to problematic alcohol and drug use and can divert people from statutory services. Services will be embedded as part of the recovery orientated system of care across Glasgow City, delivering at Tiers 2-3 of the National Framework.

The service will have screening methods to determine the best approach for the individual: delivering support, such as, Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABI) and Counselling work .

The service will deliver Brief Interventions to reduce harms from drugs, in particular cocaine, linking to the findings of the most up to Public Health Scotland’s data evidence-based practice on interventions to reduce harms from Cocaine.

The service will deliver structured therapeutic sessions using common evidence-based approaches, such as: Motivational interviewing; Cognitive behavioural Therapy and Trauma Informed Therapy. This list is not exhaustive and more personalised approaches can be offered.

There is a requirement to have accommodation where services can be delivered and the service must also be able to offer more localised sessions in communities across the three locality areas in Glasgow. Additional information: Lot 2 Services are a single supplier award.

Initial contract duration is 4 years (48 months) with the option to extend for a further 2 year (24 months) period.

Contract Values provided are based on 72 months.

The service will provide free and confidential practical advice, information and emotional support to individuals;-This service will be available to families affected by a family members harmful alcohol and drug use.

The service will be available to kinship carers and informal carers who have caring roles as a result of family members harmful alcohol and drug use.

The service must offer accommodation to deliver supports. In addition, be able to offer outreach surgery group support in local communities to widen accessibility and increase awareness of the service.

-The support will be delivered as group sessions and there will be limited 1:1 support sessions available where appropriate.

-The service will be a key component in the social recovery systems in Glasgow

-The service will be part of the recovery orientated system and be an integral part of recovery for all the family.

-The service will build and promote natural social networks of support for people to move onto more informal arrangements of support.

-The service will offer short break/respite interventions (from 1 hour to maximum of 4hours) to children and young people (0-16)

Full details of the Lot 3 requirements will be provided in the Service Specification upon release of Tender Documents Additional information: Lot 3 Services will be awarded to one Provider - this may also be a consortium/collaboration or Joint Bidders.

Initial contract duration is 4 years (48 months) with the option to extend for a further 2 year (24 months) period.

Contract Values provided are based on 72 months.

The outreach service will deliver a care and support service for people with a diagnosis of ARBD

The service will deliver flexible person-led support, tailored to each individual’s stage of their ARBD diagnosis.

The service will promote improved cognitive functioning and provide support with daily living skills, physical health, mental wellbeing and independence to sustain community living.

The delivery of support will be in a person’s own home or in their current accommodation setting.

There may be situations where in-reach transition support into the HSCP commissioned short term ARBD residential care homes is required, to support a move onto Community living.

Services will be available 7 days a week and will normally be blocks of support delivered daily or on agreed days as defined in the assessment of need provided by the HSCP’s ARBD Team.

The service will focus on recovery potential and build on established routines by ensuring there are skilled staff who understand ARBD and recognise the impact and the recovery potential for an individual.

The service will implement a range of memory aids and look at the use of digital technology solutions to meet outcomes.

The service will work in partnership with the HSCP ARBD team and the Community Recovery services.

The role of community integration and social connection will require the service to have / develop knowledge and awareness of local communities, social networks and the community alcohol and drug recovery services. Additional information: Lot 4 Services are a single supplier award.

Initial contract duration is 4 years (48 months) with the option to extend for a further 2 year (24 months) period.

Contract Values provided are based on 72 months.

Use of this Lot will be funding dependant and will rely upon new or additional funding being made available to the council and/or HSCP to meet specific service delivery outcomes.

Awarded providers to Lot 5 will be part of a non ranked supplier list.

Whether required outcomes for any new funding align with current service delivery models per Lot will be considered when determining call offs. Call offs will be made via Direct Award or Mini Competition for requirements that arise from additional funding becoming available which may be made at any point through the contract duration and may run for a period shorter than or up to the full contract duration. Additional information: There is no guarantee that Lot 5 contract value will be realised and therefore no guarantee of business can be made.