Housing, Health & Wellbeing Floating Support

Description

This contract is for Housing, Health & Wellbeing Floating Support within the boundaries of County Durham. The aim of services is support people to maintain tenancies, obtain suitable accommodation, help with budgeting/finances, attending appointments, referring to appropriate support where needed with the intention to keep people out of more costly secondary services. The service has been divided into three Lots: Lot 1 – Housing, Health and Wellbeing Floating Support/Outreach services for young people aged 16-25 years. Lot 2 – Housing, Health and Wellbeing Floating Support/Outreach services for Adults aged 26+ years. Lot 3 - Floating Support service to support parents and people with Learning difficulties/disabilities and Autism. Providers may bid for one, two or all Lots however they must include a rank of their preferences and can only be successful for a maximum of two Lots. The Council is looking for one Provider per Lot. All support must be person-centred and actions developed with the individual. The support must be linked to the person, not the accommodation. Areas of support will include, but not limited to: • Independent living skills • Managing utilities • Managing tenancy and housing support • Budgeting plans • Advice and help around welfare benefits • Complete discretionary housing benefit application forms • Accessing grants as identified • Support to access training • Support around debt • Emotional support • Confidence building & self-esteem • Training / Education / Employment • Referral/Signposting to other services The proposed contract is to be let with an option to extend for a further period of 24 months from the actual end date. This procurement is issued under an Open Tender process in line with Public Contracts Regulation 2015, under Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for contracts for social and other specific services (Light Touch Regime). The Council believes that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) applies to this contract. Keywords: advice, floating support, tenancies