Behaviour Support Services for Clients and Families

Behaviour Support Services (BSS) is a psychologist-led service which supports kiritaki (client) as well as their families, whanau and caregivers to reduce and prevent significant behaviours of concern. Such behaviour can prevent kiritaki from successfully engaging in rehabilitation, life-long support services, their community and everyday life activities.

At the heart of the service is the goal of building resilience within kiritaki and their whanau/ caregivers. The current contract expires on the 31 October 2023. The new contract will start on the 1 November 2023 for 3 years with one further right of renewal of 1 year (i.e., 3+1 year).

Service Suppliers who seek to deliver this service must meet the following pre-conditions:� Have an Interdisciplinary Team of Service Providers who ALL meet the requirements outlined in Table 4 - Qualification, experience and skills in the Behaviour Support Service specifications.� Have a complete Interdisciplinary Team of Registered Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Language Therapist and Social Worker in at least one region.Service Providers must also be able to demonstrate the following:� Have capability and capacity to deliver high quality and timely services in the kiritaki�s region� Have strong cultural safety knowledge to deliver services to kiritaki and their whanau in a respectful and culturally appropriate manner � Have a good knowledge of networks in the local community so these networks can continue to support kiritaki and their whanau during and after the delivery of the service.

This Service is required nationwide, and Service suppliers may choose which Region/s they This service is needed nationwide. However, Respondents can apply for one or multiple regions, and must provide sufficient evidence on their capability and capacity to deliver services to the region applied for.