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Mental Health & Addiction Peer Support Specialist Training

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Tender Closed
RFx ID : 27763998
Tender Name : Mental Health & Addiction Peer Support Specialist Training
Reference # : 30565
Open Date : Tuesday, 25 July 2023 4:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Close Date  : Thursday, 24 August 2023 12:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Department/Business Unit : National Procurement
Tender Type : Request for Proposals (RFP)
Tender Coverage : Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :
  • 85000000 - Healthcare Services
  • 86000000 - Education and Training Services
Regions:
  • Auckland
  • Canterbury
  • Manawatu-Wanganui
  • Northland
  • Southland
Exemption Reason : None
Required Pre-qualifications : None
Contact : Shirley Lammas
shirley.lammas@nzhp.health.nz
Alternate Physical Delivery Address  :
Alternate Physical Fax Number  :
Overview

Te Whatu Ora, in partnership with Te Aka Whai Ora, is seeking suppliers to deliver the following:

Peer Support Specialist Training to embed Peer Support Specialists within Mental Health and Addiction Clinical Services programme of work.

This opportunity is to support the growth and embedding of peer support specialist workforce within specialist Mental Health and Addiction Services. It is for the development of specifically designed trainings that will be available for both peer support specialists who will be working within specialist mental health and addiction services as well as staff who work alongside Peer Support Specialists within the clinical teams. Te Whatu Ora will be seeking delivery of this training across five districts.

Background
In May 2022 funding from B19 Mental Health and Addiction Workforce Development funding was approved for work relating to the development of the consumer, peer support and lived experience (CPSLE) workforce. In particular:
a) The workforce development component of a pilot programme to grow and embed peer support specialist roles within Districts and NGO specialist mental health and addiction services in up to five District areas – with associated training, community of practice and leadership development.
A process to determine the selected Te Whatu Ora Districts was completed with five Districts identified. This next step is for the development and provision of peer support specialist trainings to the newly recruited peer support specialists in those five Districts.