Hospital Based Youth Work Evaluation Partner

The London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) would like to invite your organisation to a market warming information session about our commissioning of an Evaluation Partner for our Hospital Based Youth Work Programme in London.

The VRU funds Hospital Based Youth Work teams operating out of all 4 Major Trauma Centres (MTCs ) and 8 Accident and Emergency Departments (A&Es) in London. These youth work/ case work teams are based within the hospital and provide crisis support to young people aged 11 - 25 presenting at the hospitals as victims (or suspected / potential victims) of violence. The Hospital Based Youth Work programme is a high profile, high value service commissioned by the VRU and we are investing significantly in improving the evidence base for this work.

The VRU is seeking to commission an external Provider to undertake a detailed process and impact evaluation of the Hospital Based Youth Work programme. The unit is seeking a provider that can deliver a series of evaluation packages. Including: • An impact evaluation: • Evaluation of organisational change: • A performance & process evaluation: • Cost effectiveness: • Evaluation of the Learning Partner support:

As part of this project, the Evaluation Partner will need to work closely with key stakeholders in the hospitals. We expect the commissioned Evaluation Partner organisation to have experience in the following areas: • Leading complex evaluation programmes that incorporate a range of stakeholders and partners at strategic and operational levels. • Demonstrable experience of working with young people at risk of being involved in serious violence. • An understanding of the Public Health approach to violence reduction and prevention. • Experience working in a public health context, direct work with the NHS and hospital data is advantageous. • Experience working with sensitive data & personal identifiable information (PII)is essential • Strong data protection systems and processes. • Some experience of conducting London based research. • Experience working with NHS ethics applications and the process of gaining consent from NHS Trusts to set-up research in hospital sites is essential.

We welcome collaborative bids, for example, a research consultancy paired with clinical researchers, academic partners and/or community and voluntary sector expertise.

The invitation to tender will be issued in May 2023.

We will be holding an Information Session for prospective bidders on 18th May from 10:00 - 12:00 where we will share further information about this opportunity.

Please reply to email:[email protected] by midday on Friday 12th May 2023 to sign up to the Information Session. Please include: "VRU Hospital Based Youth Work Evaluation Partner Information Session' in the title of the email.

If you cannot attend the session but would like to be sent the bidding opportunity when it is released please state this in your email.