Decision details

In 2018, Greater Manchester Combined Authority led a successful c. £1.2m funding application to the Home Office to enhance the complex
safeguarding offer across Greater Manchester, by embedding
psychologists/psychotherapists into multi-agency complex safeguarding teams in each of the ten districts of GM.
The service is provided by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of the four GM NHS mental health trusts. This collaboration between the four trusts mirrors the arrangement in the GM Resilience Hub, set up to provide advice and support to people affected by the Manchester Arena terrorist attack.
The first psychologists commenced work in four complex safeguarding teams in January 2019 and was rolled out to the remainder of GM in line with the move towards multi-agency, complex safeguarding teams in each of the ten GM districts. The previous contract expires on 31st March 2025, and this Decision seeks to award a new contract covering 1st April 2025-31st March 2028.
The role of the psychologist is to:
• Improve the understanding, knowledge and expertise of a range of
frontline practitioners in the subject of trauma and therapeutic approaches to recovery.
• Add value to the assessments and interventions delivered by key
workers (including social workers) so that they are informed by therapeutic approaches to trauma recovery.
• Embed case formulation into the practice of complex safeguarding
teams, to make sense of young people’s difficulties in the context of their relationships, social circumstances and life events.
• Undertake reflective supervision either individually or with groups of
professionals, to support them with the challenging work that they are
undertaking.
This programme was previously funded as a contract between GMCA & Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust with funding from NHS GM ICB, the 10 GM LA Directors of Children’s Services, and the Deputy Mayor Investment fund.
The new contract that this Decision relates to will be jointly funded by the following organisations:
• NHS GM Integrated Care Board (ICB) whose contribution will be
funded directly from the ICB to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Their portion of funding will not pass through GMCA at any stage.
• GMCA
• Greater Manchester Police (GMP)
• The 10 GM Local Authority Directors of Children’s Services

GMCA Safer & Stronger Communities (Complex Safeguarding) wish to directly award Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust a contract to cover provision of a Psychologist for the GM Resilience Hub Trusted
Relationships programme covering the delivery period 1
st April 2025- 31stMarch 2028. The total value of the contract will be £523,334, however GMCA will only be funding part of this contract. The value of GMCA’s contribution to the contract over the 3-year life of the contract is £123,334.