Accommodation and Floating Support Services for Individuals Aged 16-24

Caerphilly County Borough Council (CCBC) are seeking to appoint an organisation to deliver specialist Housing Related Support (HRS) inclusive of Accommodation and floating support for individuals aged 16 - 24 through the Housing Support Grant (HSG).

The aim of the HSG is to enable vulnerable people to remain in a more independent living situation through the provision of support.

Full details can be found in the ITT

The Aims of the Services are:

To reduce the

Levels of homelessness and incidences of repeat homelessness

Use of inappropriate temporary accommodation

Number of emergencies resulting in intensive services being required

Levels of rough sleeping (including those who could be considered as the “hidden homeless”).

Levels of crime and disorder.

To deliver Housing Related Support that promotes

Access to appropriate settled accommodation

A wider choice of appropriate housing and support

Independent living within a chosen environment

Financial management: budgeting skills to minimise risk of debt accruing, maximising income

Life skills; self-confidence and self esteem

Domestic skills including cooking, cleaning, use of household appliances, reporting repairs while not carrying them out for the individual

Stable lifestyles, social inclusion, and community cohesion

Access to training and education, develop skills to achieve qualifications

Skills required by employers; ability to apply for work or volunteering

Access to community-based services (sport, library etc.)

Healthy lifestyle choices, better able to manage physical and mental health, access to GP, dentist, opticians, mental health services, counselling etc.

Access to emergency and planned health care

Good parenting skills where applicable

To demonstrate a commitment to multi-agency working.

To deliver a professional, flexible, innovate, responsive, non-judgemental, and liberal support service

To develop collaborative ways of working which are ambitious and inclusive, underpinned by good information sharing arrangements, with a full range of appropriate agencies.

2To demonstrate a commitment to multi-agency working as this is the key to maintaining the safety of young people with support needs

To provide a seamless transition between services to meet additional identified needs

To improve the value for money of public services

Full details are in the ITT Additional information: Please note that the estimated cost is the estimate cost per annum Ex VAT for the maximum number of years, four years with the option to extend for up a further period of forty-eight (48) months. Full details are in the ITT