Community Living Services - North East Lincolnshire

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (hereafter the Contracting Authority) is seeking to commission Community Living Services through an open procurement process.

Bidders are invited to bid to become an Approved Provider on one or more services:- 1.

Support Living, 2.

Housing Related Support, 3.

Personal Support.

The preferred Bidders will be required to demonstrate: Supported Living High standards are experienced by all individuals receiving supported living services.

Enabling individuals to: • Live as independently as possible in settled accommodation • Receive strengths-based support in a way that is less restrictive of their rights and freedoms • Work towards achieving aspirations and goals • Live in their own home (tenancy, rental or ownership) • Have choice and control over their care • Receive a flexible service which responds to their individual preferences and needs • Be supported in a way which has proper regard for achieving best value.

Housing Related Support aims to enable Individuals to maintain their tenancy, live independently and improve their outcomes through support and advice to meet their needs, and to achieve and maintain their potential in relation to physical, intellectual, educational, emotional and social capacity, and ability to find and maintain employment.

The service will support individuals to: • manage their money & debt management incl budget planning, • maximise benefit entitlements, • access training, education and/or gain meaningful employment, • maintain/develop social circles, relationships & friendships, • forge positive relationships with the local community, • develop independent living skills & confidence to manage their own needs, • access specialist advice, make referrals to other professionals, • adopt healthy and active lifestyles therefore preserving independence and quality of life, • achieve their desired outcomes.

Personal Support The Personal Support service aims to enable the individual to use and develop their personal strengths to the purpose of developing, maintaining, and thriving in positive social activities that are meaningful to the individual, including volunteer and work opportunities, and will be delivered via a personal budget.

The service aims to: • Support people to live in their own homes, exercising choice and control in their own lives. • Support to set up, maintain, and adapt planned community activities and commitments • Maximising benefit entitlements, budget planning & debt management • Help individuals to access training, education and/or gain meaningful employment or activity. • Support to maintain and develop social circles, relationships and friendships • Develop independent living skills & confidence to manage their own needs. • Support to access specialist advice, make referrals to other professionals, • Ensure that assessed needs are translated into effective and appropriate services, to support individuals in achieving their desired outcomes.