Evaluation of Target 1000 Project

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Tender for Target 1000 Project Evaluation

Tenders are now invited from appropriately skilled and experienced individuals to document an

overview of the impact and successes of LINC’s Target 1000 Suicide Intervention Project. Tenders are

invited from interested consultants with:

Expertise in conducting similar project evaluations

Knowledge and experience of working inside/with communities

Excellent communication and inter-personal skills

The evaluation will begin mid November 2012 and continue until April 2013. The researcher will

submit draft and final reports to the Target 1000 working group. The researcher(s) will report at

designated stages of the project, to be agreed. A maximum of €2,000 is available for this research,

inclusive of V.A.T and all expenses.

When tendering for this piece of work the following criteria should be followed:

Contractors should detail their proposed approach to the project. They should also furnish the

following information: Name of applicant(s) and/or organisation who will be carrying out the evaluation

A proposed evaluation methodology including key tasks, deliverables and timelines

Relevant samples of previous work

Tenders should be submitted by email, no later than Wednesday, October 31st, to:

Toddy Hogan, Target 1000 Project Co-ordinator at [email protected]

Conditions of participation:

Appropriately knowledgeable, skilled and experienced applicants please.

Proposals within available budget only please.

Experience of both quantitative and qualitative evaluation of projects

For further information regarding this project please contact Toddy Hogan at [email protected]

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Context for the Evaluation

LINC has been working with statutory and voluntary agencies, including HSE South, local

services and the Gay & LB Equality Network (GLEN), to develop this project, called Target

1000 which aims to:

o Promote good mental health within the LB and bisexual (hereafter referred to as LB

women) community in Cork

o Enhance the capacity of LINC to further engage in suicide prevention work

o Enhance the capacity of local agencies and practitioners to provide an accessible and

appropriate service to LB women at risk of self-harm and suicidal behaviour in Cork.

Target 1000 is based on the model of community-based, local suicide prevention work

described in Reach Out Action 7, where the project aims to meet local needs through local

partnerships. By promoting mental health resilience, the community education programme

will have a direct impact on the mental health of LB women in Cork. This in turn will

promote the reduction of self-harm and suicide risk among the women targeted. By

increasing practitioner awareness and understanding of the issues facing LB women andsupporting them to provide a more inclusive service, this will also support the mental health

and well-being of these women. It will also promote women’s’ engagement in mainstream

services, which in turn will promote their mental health resilience. The combined effect of

both the community education and practitioner’s education programmes will be to reduce

social isolation, enhance mental health resilience and drive good practice in LB suicide

prevention.

The Target 1000 project is targeting 440 LB women and 560 practitioners in Cork during the

two years of the project. The majority of targeting during the project will be achieved

through the development of:

o The mental health guide targeting LB women

o The good practice guide targeting practitioners

Once these resources are developed they will be available for ongoing distribution by LINC,

thus sustaining the impact the project will have in the mid- to long-term. In addition to this,

LINC engagement with mainstream service providers will build the capacity of agencies to

engage LB women in using their services. The project is also very likely to generate a

number of diversity champions within mainstream services who can be supported by LINC

to provide training within their services on LB mental health needs and provide accessible

and appropriate services.

Project Aims and Objectives

Target 1000 builds on previous mental health promotion and suicide prevention work

carried out by LINC since 2002, with a specific focus on LB women in the Cork area. The

aims of the project are:

1. To promote coping skills and help-seeking behaviour among LB women at risk of

self-harm or suicidal behaviour in Cork

2. To promote awareness and understanding among mental health and other support

services in Cork of the issues facing LB women and how to provide an accessible

service that is appropriate to their mental health needs



Project Activities

Aim 1: To achieve the aim of promoting coping skills and help-seeking behaviour among

women at risk of self-harm or suicidal behaviour, a community education programme is

being targeted at LB women in Cork. The key components of this community education

programme are:

o Providing a series of seminars on mental health topics to promote mental health

awareness and understanding for LB women. Running coping skills courses to help

women learn how to deal with stress, improve their problem-solving abilities and

how to seek help and support when they are in distress

o Developing a range of information leaflets targeting LB women on topics such as

self-harm, depression and coping skills for community-wide distribution to further

promote coping skills and help-seeking behaviour among LB women in Cork

AIM 2: To achieve the aim of promoting awareness and understanding among service

providers of the particular issues facing LB women, a practitioner education programme isbeing targeted at local statutory and voluntary mental health and other support agencies in

Cork, including psychiatrists, A&E staff, GPs, social workers, counsellors, family support

workers and other mental health support organisations. The key components of this

practitioner education programme are:

o Providing training to local practitioners on LB mental health and how to provide an

accessible service that is appropriate to their needs

o Developing a good practice guide for practitioners, in collaboration with local

services, to promote LB women’s use of mainstream mental health services and to

provide practitioners with good practice guidelines

o Establishing stronger links between LINC and local mental health and other supportagencies to improve referral pathways for LB women at risk of/or engaging in self-

harm and suicidal behaviour in Cork

Proposed Targets and Outcomes:

1. Support a reduction in self-harming and suicidal behaviour among LB women in Cork

by promoting good mental health, increasing support networks and providing

resources targeted at their mental health needs.

2. Many LB women report receiving a service that is not appropriate to their needs when

they use support services, leading to decreased mental health outcomes. Because

they often perceive practitioners as not understanding the particular needs of LBwomen, many are therefore reluctant to engage with mainstream services when

they are in distress. By highlighting the development of the practitioner education

programme among the Cork LB community, this aim will also support help-seeking

behaviour among LB women in Cork and their use of mental health services.

Project Management

Target 1000 is managed by a Working Group made up of: LINC Steering group members;

Community members, Director of Mental Health (GLEN); Psychologist and Project Co-

ordinator. A project co-ordinator was employed one day per week to oversee the roll-out of

the project.



Project Evaluation

Final Evaluation

Suitable evaluation mechanisms to be developed in partnership with consultant

psychologist and mental health service providers in relation to overall impact

assessment

An overview of the impact of the project on the participants, LINC as the funded

organisation and the mental health and service agencies

A numerical breakdown of the project participants and details on the types of

training delivered to them

An account of the project stakeholders, including the level and type of

engagement with them and their overall contribution to the work

A synopsis of relevant project reviews/documentation, including the types of

evaluation methods used and the number and types of publications arising fromthe work

An account of the strategies in place for mainstreaming the project and an

outline of key mainstreaming achievements

The final report and evaluation will identify:

Impacts of the Community Education Programme

Impacts of the Practitioner Education Programme

A numerical breakdown of the project participants and details on the types of

inputs delivered An account of the project stakeholders, including the level and type of

engagement with them and their overall contribution to the work

A synopsis of relevant project reviews/documentation, including the types of

evaluation methods used and the number and types of publications arising from

the work

An account of the strategies in place for mainstreaming the project and an

outline of key mainstreaming achievements

Project Initiation Document

A Project Initiation Document with be agreed between LINC and the successful applicant

prior to the commencement of the evaluation that will detail agreed project parameters

including:

Evaluation methodology

Key deliverables including interim and final report

Key tasks and timeframes

Project management and reporting

Contractor responsibilities

Evaluation of Target 1000 Project

Documents

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