Integrated Modular Treatment (IMT) and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) Train the Trainer

Integrated Modular Treatment (IMT) and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) Train the Trainer

This requirement is for: the Correctional Service of Canada, Health Services

Trade agreement: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), Canada free trade agreements with Chile/Columbia/Honduras/Panama, Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement Comprehensive and Progressive agreement for trans-Pacific Partnership.

Tendering procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid.

Competitive Procurement Strategy:  lowest priced compliant bid

Set-aside under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business: This procurement is not subject to any set-asides for Indigenous Suppliers.

Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: This procurement is not subject to a Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement.

Security Requirements: This contract does not include security requirements.

Nature of Requirements:  

The following is a summary of the statement of work for this requirement.

1. Background

The Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA) requires Correctional Service Canada (CSC) to provide all inmates with essential health care and access to non-essential health care to the greatest extent possible. CSC's mission is to provide efficient and effective health services to inmates that promote individual accountability, support safe reintegration and contribute to community safety.

Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Integrated Modular Treatment (IMT) are evidence-based interventions to treat individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder. Training healthcare professionals to use these therapeutic approaches will support CSC Health Services’ obligation to provide access to essential health care and reasonable access to non-essential health care that conform to professionally accepted standards, per CCRA, art. 86.1 and 86.2.

1. Objectives:

CSC Health Services requires the services of a contractor who specializes in the integrative approach based on Dr. John Livesley’s and Marsha Linehan’s treatment model. The contractor must provide training, clinical supervision, follow-up and support services to identified staff and must collaborate with the multidisciplinary health care team which includes nurses, institutional physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and any other identified health care professionals.

The purpose of these services is for CSC to build internal expertise to train a larger group of clinicians within the organization and to develop a train the trainer module to continue the training internally.

3. Tasks and Deliverables:

3.1 The contractor must provide training and clinical supervision follow-up and support on the integrative approach based on Dr. Livesley's model to identified staff in the Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies and Pacific regions.

”Identified staff” may include the following:

a) clinical stakeholders responsible for delivering treatment models

b) Psychotherapists (psychologists, nurses, social workers)

The contractor must provide these training andclinical supervision services online in a virtual manner, on a platform determined by CSC, or in person. At the project authority’s request, the contractor must provide virtual or in-class training sessions.

3.2 Training Sessions

In-person Train the Trainer sessions

Online Train the Trainer sessions

The training must be the same online and in person.

3.3 Follow up sessions

At the project authority’s request, the contractor must provide group and individualclinical supervision sessions as follow up to the IMT and DBT Train the Trainer sessions. Individualclinical supervision is for each clinician with the provider to review the implementation of the learned skills in personal practice. Group clinical supervision is for up to 10 participants, preferably from same region to review the implementation of the model.

3.4 Support

CSC will be developing a training manuel, at the project authority’s request, the contractor must provide support to the project authority for the development of training manuals: up to 30 hours over the 3-year period. As this Training provided by the contractor is to be a train the trainer opportunity, CSC intends to develop internal training materials for future training sessions based on the training provided by the contractor.

At the request of the project authority, the contractor must review content developed by the project authority and provide feedback.

3.5 CSC will provide the following;

For in person training:

a) The necessary training space to provide the training.

b) Training equipment

c) All reading materials, including the book and training documents for each participant.

For online training:

a) Training equipment

b) All reading materials and training documents for each participant

Term of Contract:

Period of the Contract: The Work is to be performed during the period of date of contract award to 3 years later.

File Number: 21120-22-3883130

Contracting Authority: Nadine Pike

Telephone number: (506) 378-1049

E-mail: Nadine.Pike@csc-scc.gc.ca

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