Provision of Resettlement Support Services in South Gloucestershire

<p>South Gloucestershire Council is looking to re-procure its resettlement support service that provides support to refugee families that have been resettled in South Gloucestershire following acceptance onto either of the below Home Office schemes: &bull; UK Resettlement Scheme &bull; Afghanistan Locally Employed Staff/Afghanistan Relocation and Assistance Policy Resettlement Schemes Our consultation is running from the 10th November 2021 to the 26th January 2022 and asking for peoples/organisations views on how we should shape the service. The aim of the support service is to support families to achieve integration and self-sufficiency in their lives in the UK, being able over time to independently access local public services, feel at home and connected in their local community, and meet their own needs including housing, health, education and employment. Families would be referred through to the Council via two current schemes (UK Resettlement Scheme or the ALES/ARAP scheme). Families would have support from the support service from 3 to 5 years (depending on what scheme they are referred through). The objectives of the support service would be to ensure either directly, or in partnership, that the following needs of the families are met: &bull; Immigration status and related issues &bull; Housing related support &bull; Health and Wellbeing &bull; Financial stability &bull; Childcare and Education &bull; Skills Training and Employment &bull; Cultural and Community Integration &bull; Self-dependency At the end of their support from the support service the families should be able to live as independently as possible from the support service and integrated within their local community.&nbsp;</p>
<p>We are looking to seek the views of organisations on the proposed Resettlement Support Service and have organised two events in December and January for organisations to attend to hear about our proposal:</p>
<p>10th December 2021 &ndash; 10.am - Virtual Event via MS Teams</p>
<p>11th January 2022 &ndash; 10.am - Kingswood Civic Centre</p>
<p>If you are a provider and would be interested in attending, please email Joe Cleary on <a href="mailto:Joseph.Cleary@southglos.gov.uk">Cleary@southglos.gov.uk</a> and he will provide you with further details. Please note we will be running separate stakeholder consultation events, please again contact Joe for details of these.</p>