1718-0066 Supported Accomodation for Young People
Main contract details
Opportunity Id
DN309354
Title
1718-0066 Supported Accomodation for Young People
Categories
85311000-2 - Social work services with accommodation
Description
Islington Council invites suitable expressions of interest from organisations to provide housing support services in shared and/or self-contained supported accommodation for young people with a range of needs.
Current status / Background
Islington’s current housing pathway provides 85 units of accommodation including 24-hour support and visiting support, following a ‘core-cluster’ model .
Utilisation is consistently high but some young people cannot be placed in borough due to safeguarding reasons. This has increased the demand for supported accommodation outside of Islington and North London.
The requirement
The service will provide short term accommodation and a high quality housing support service for children looked after aged 16 and 17, care leavers, and homeless young people aged 18 to 21.
The service will provide young people with the required intensity of support to enable them to gain the skills to live independently and move-on to appropriate accommodation within 2 years as agreed with the Referrals Co-ordinator and Social Worker/Young Persons Advisor as applicable. The target length of stay will differ depending on individual needs. However, for the majority the maximum length of stay will be two years. The service will work with Islington Council, the private sector and partner agencies to identify appropriate move-on accommodation with a move-on plan built into the intervention from its early stages.
The housing support service will be provided in 16 Lots under 4 different levels of support; Support level 1: Assessment only, Support level 2: Mixed assessment and progression, Support level 3: Progression (with on-site support) and Support level 4: Progression (with visiting support).
In order to meet sufficiency duties, Islington Council is seeking accommodation in Islington and in North London as priority. For cases that cannot be placed locally, Islington Council is also seeking accommodation options in Greater London. For a breakdown location of sites, see document ‘ITT 06 Breakdown of Location’.
The Council seeks to procure supported accommodation for a minimum of 105 people with various support needs, from 01 April 2018.
All prospective providers will have experience of:
• Managing housing support services for young people.
• Delivering services as a Registered Provider or as a Support Provider.
All prospective providers should evidence that they can and will:
• Provide short-term accommodation and housing-related support for vulnerable young people with a range of needs.
• Provide support in a nurturing and psychologically informed environment.
• Provide the intensity of support required for each Lot as detailed in ‘‘ITT 05 Lots Information’.
• Provide a safe, welcoming, good standard of supported accommodation.
• Provide appropriate and flexible services that will enable service users to develop skills to live independently in the community and promote active engagement in meaningful activities including education, employment and training.
• Provide timely (i.e. same day) access into the service.
• Work to maintain a stable staffing structure with minimal changes to support worker arrangements to deliver sustainable outcomes, as well as support staff retention more generally.
• Work in partnership and / or carry out joint assessments with statutory agents in Children’s Services, such as Children Looked After, Independent Futures, Youth Offending Service, Integrated Gangs Team.
• Work in partnership with other statutory agencies and community partners / services as relevant, e.g. health, housing, substance misuse services, mental health services, sports and recreation services, education services, employment services.
• Develop and review Support Plans and Risk Assessments with agencies that are involved in the care of a young person.
• Support service users to maintain or develop skills to live successfully in their accommodation including: emotional intelligence, resilience, engaging in education and/or employment and training, budgeting, rent payments, registering for benefits, dealing with landlords, neighbour disputes, anti-social behaviour.
• Promote health, wellbeing and quality of life to maximise independence, and reflect this health and wellbeing with nurturing, caring and patient staff.
• Support service users to manage risks in a way that reduces the likelihood of harm without reducing opportunities or impairing quality of life.
• Make frequent and persistent efforts to engage more disengaged clients, without losing sight of respect for individual choices and reasons behind disengagement (e.g. trauma).
• Support young people in the development and management of positive relationships with others.
• Support young people to gain a sense of wellbeing and present themselves in a positive and effective manner.
• Provide support for young people to identify and address any physical health needs and/or social care needs through health promotion, access to health and Children’s Social Care services.
• Assist young people in accessing appropriate specialist services when applicable, e.g. drug and/or alcohol treatment and/or statutory mental health services.
• Develop a move-on plan for each young person, working with both statutory and private agencies to identify the most appropriate move-on options.
Over and above this, ‘Lot 1A’, and ‘Lots 2A – 2E’will:
• Provide same day placements including out of hours’ emergency.
• Work intensively with young people and the Council to assess 16-21-year-old homeless young people who may not be known to Social Services at the time of them being made homeless.
• Complete efficient and time-limited initial assessments, lasting no longer than 6 weeks, by which time need and risk levels will have been assessed and young people will have a firm idea of what they want to get out of their time in supported accommodation and their key support workers. This should be done in partnership with statutory bodies as relevant.
• Provide 24hr support with night cover or concierge.
• Be expected to take young people on remand from custody on occasion.
Organisations will be asked to provide evidence of successful operation of contracts for these services.
Current status / Background
Islington’s current housing pathway provides 85 units of accommodation including 24-hour support and visiting support, following a ‘core-cluster’ model .
Utilisation is consistently high but some young people cannot be placed in borough due to safeguarding reasons. This has increased the demand for supported accommodation outside of Islington and North London.
The requirement
The service will provide short term accommodation and a high quality housing support service for children looked after aged 16 and 17, care leavers, and homeless young people aged 18 to 21.
The service will provide young people with the required intensity of support to enable them to gain the skills to live independently and move-on to appropriate accommodation within 2 years as agreed with the Referrals Co-ordinator and Social Worker/Young Persons Advisor as applicable. The target length of stay will differ depending on individual needs. However, for the majority the maximum length of stay will be two years. The service will work with Islington Council, the private sector and partner agencies to identify appropriate move-on accommodation with a move-on plan built into the intervention from its early stages.
The housing support service will be provided in 16 Lots under 4 different levels of support; Support level 1: Assessment only, Support level 2: Mixed assessment and progression, Support level 3: Progression (with on-site support) and Support level 4: Progression (with visiting support).
In order to meet sufficiency duties, Islington Council is seeking accommodation in Islington and in North London as priority. For cases that cannot be placed locally, Islington Council is also seeking accommodation options in Greater London. For a breakdown location of sites, see document ‘ITT 06 Breakdown of Location’.
The Council seeks to procure supported accommodation for a minimum of 105 people with various support needs, from 01 April 2018.
All prospective providers will have experience of:
• Managing housing support services for young people.
• Delivering services as a Registered Provider or as a Support Provider.
All prospective providers should evidence that they can and will:
• Provide short-term accommodation and housing-related support for vulnerable young people with a range of needs.
• Provide support in a nurturing and psychologically informed environment.
• Provide the intensity of support required for each Lot as detailed in ‘‘ITT 05 Lots Information’.
• Provide a safe, welcoming, good standard of supported accommodation.
• Provide appropriate and flexible services that will enable service users to develop skills to live independently in the community and promote active engagement in meaningful activities including education, employment and training.
• Provide timely (i.e. same day) access into the service.
• Work to maintain a stable staffing structure with minimal changes to support worker arrangements to deliver sustainable outcomes, as well as support staff retention more generally.
• Work in partnership and / or carry out joint assessments with statutory agents in Children’s Services, such as Children Looked After, Independent Futures, Youth Offending Service, Integrated Gangs Team.
• Work in partnership with other statutory agencies and community partners / services as relevant, e.g. health, housing, substance misuse services, mental health services, sports and recreation services, education services, employment services.
• Develop and review Support Plans and Risk Assessments with agencies that are involved in the care of a young person.
• Support service users to maintain or develop skills to live successfully in their accommodation including: emotional intelligence, resilience, engaging in education and/or employment and training, budgeting, rent payments, registering for benefits, dealing with landlords, neighbour disputes, anti-social behaviour.
• Promote health, wellbeing and quality of life to maximise independence, and reflect this health and wellbeing with nurturing, caring and patient staff.
• Support service users to manage risks in a way that reduces the likelihood of harm without reducing opportunities or impairing quality of life.
• Make frequent and persistent efforts to engage more disengaged clients, without losing sight of respect for individual choices and reasons behind disengagement (e.g. trauma).
• Support young people in the development and management of positive relationships with others.
• Support young people to gain a sense of wellbeing and present themselves in a positive and effective manner.
• Provide support for young people to identify and address any physical health needs and/or social care needs through health promotion, access to health and Children’s Social Care services.
• Assist young people in accessing appropriate specialist services when applicable, e.g. drug and/or alcohol treatment and/or statutory mental health services.
• Develop a move-on plan for each young person, working with both statutory and private agencies to identify the most appropriate move-on options.
Over and above this, ‘Lot 1A’, and ‘Lots 2A – 2E’will:
• Provide same day placements including out of hours’ emergency.
• Work intensively with young people and the Council to assess 16-21-year-old homeless young people who may not be known to Social Services at the time of them being made homeless.
• Complete efficient and time-limited initial assessments, lasting no longer than 6 weeks, by which time need and risk levels will have been assessed and young people will have a firm idea of what they want to get out of their time in supported accommodation and their key support workers. This should be done in partnership with statutory bodies as relevant.
• Provide 24hr support with night cover or concierge.
• Be expected to take young people on remand from custody on occasion.
Organisations will be asked to provide evidence of successful operation of contracts for these services.
Region(s) of supply
London
Estimated value
N/A
Keywords
Accommodation, safeguarding, Supported, Young People
Key dates
Estimated contract dates
Start date
01/04/2018
End date
31/03/2020
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Contact details
Buyer
Islington
Contact
Elizabeth Mitchell-Yankah
Telephone
0207 527 8118
Address
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