Purpose

Following on from The Childrens Trust the City
of Doncaster also commissioned the Provision of Psychiatrist Input
previously, from the 1st April 2024 - 31st March 25. With the
contract Award
Number C10745. Therefore, for consistency and due to the specialist
nature, the service area wish to re-procure for a further 3
years.
The Multi-systemic Therapy (MST) was developed to work with young
people with complex behavioural and emotional difficulties and
their families, with a focus on young people at risk of out of home
placement in care or custody due to offending or other anti-social,
and high risk behaviours.
MST is provided by clinical teams of a supervisor and three or four
therapists, who offer intensive family interventions in the
community, for 3 -5 months, including an on-call service for
families. MST is a systemic family intervention, with therapists
using a range of evidence-based interventions, including structural
and strategic family therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and
Behavioural Interventions.

Content

To provide consultancy services by comprising
of the provision of a Psychiatrist to work within the MST-CAN team
and support MST-CAN Therapists