Registered Clinical Counselor Services – Prince George
This requirement is for: The Correctional Service of Canada, Prince George Community Corrections.
Trade agreement: This procurement is not subject to any trade agreement.
Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid.
Competitive Procurement Strategy: lowest priced compliant bid.
Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business: This procurement is not subject to any set-asides for Aboriginal Suppliers.
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: This procurement is not subject to a Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement.
Security Requirements: This contract includes security requirements.
Nature of Requirements:
The following is a summary of the statement of work for this requirement.
The Correctional Service Canada has a requirement to provide counselling services outlined below to those persons referred to by the Correctional Service of Canada.
Objectives: As part of Community Mental Health services, the clinical counsellor provides support to those offenders under supervision in the Prince George area to assist in their reintegration. The clinical counsellor will be required to work with offenders of diverse backgrounds, including male and female offenders, Aboriginal offenders, and offenders of other various ethno-cultural groups.
Tasks:
(a) conduct a file review and screening/orientation interview with each offender referred by the Department;
(b) conduct, where necessary and upon the request of the Department, individual counseling, including time allocation for report writing and consultation. The frequency of counseling will be determined on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the department;
(c) provide ongoing verbal consultation to the Department with reference to the conduct, attendance and response of individuals in group therapy and individual treatment;
(d) upon approval of the Project Authority, attend up to one meeting or conference per year within British Columbia with Correctional Service of Canada administrators to discuss administrative, research, treatment or evaluation issues;
Deliverables:
(a) at a minimum, provide a written treatment progress report for each offender seen 6 - 12 times in a three month review period. For offenders seen 1 - 5 times in a three month period a report will be completed every 6 months. A report will also be completed upon termination of treatment. The content of this report will include but not be limited to:
? attendance, interview impressions and behavior generating these impressions;
? offender’s attitude during counseling sessions;
? evaluation of a potential for future violence towards self or others;
? evaluation of frustration tolerance/coping skills;
? an evaluation of the offender’s current risk to the community;
? record of counseling sessions;
? extent of participation in treatment
? progress, concerns and recommendations regarding future treatment;
? additional counseling concerns or offender program needs.
(b) immediately provide a verbal report of all concerns regarding the imminent possibility of an offender re-offending;
(c) immediately provide a verbal report of non-scheduled absences from sessions;
(d) provide all reports on paper and on a removable storage device such as a compact disk or USB memory stick, in the style as determined by the Project Authority.
(e) return all CSC documentation and file material with the final treatment progress report to the Project Authority or his/her designate;
(f) collect and provide statistics and other information as required by the Project Authority within 30 days of request.
Expected Delivery Date: January 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017.
File Number: 21807-16-0002
Contracting Authority: Willow Bruyninckx
Correctional Service Canada
Regional Headquarters – Pacific
33991 Gladys Avenue, PO Box 4500
Abbotsford BC Canada V2S 2E8
Telephone number: 604-851-3233
Facsimile number: 604-870-2444
E-mail: w••••••••@•••••••.••.ca
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