Suicide Prevention Service

Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray Health and Social Care Partnership are looking for a Strategic Partner with extensive experience of strategic planning and delivery of whole population suicide prevention initiatives and campaigns that meet the requirements of Creating Hope Together - Scotland's Suicide Prevention Strategy 2022-23. (Creating Hope Together: Scotland’s Suicide Prevention Strategy 2022-2032 (www.gov.scot)) Any Strategic Partner will be expected to contribute their own organisation's funding and people to work alongside colleagues from across Grampian from various Health & Social Care Partnerships, Local Authorities, NHS, Police Scotland and other statutory and third sector organisations. Our Strategic Partner will also need to have extensive and established links with Academia and other agencies around relevant research, evaluation and evidence based practices. Our Strategic Partner will be expected to have knowledge and understanding of the three Partnership areas and their specific needs and be able to demonstrate how they will provide an innovative, flexible and responsive service within each location. The Strategic Partner must have the ability to commence this service on 1 April 2023. The estimated total contract value is based on a contract length of 2 years (1 year plus a 1 year potential extension) at 250,000 GBP per annum. This contract value may vary depending on confirmation of available funding.