Issue - meetings

(Report of the Director of Adult and Housing Services to be introduced by the Cabinet for Housing) To agree the Housing Related Support Commissioning Plan 2012-15 and the strategic priorities contained within it as the basis for commissioning.

Cabinet considered a report that presented the Housing Related Commissioning Plan 2012-2015.

Housing Related support provided much needed services for vulnerable people in Haringey, enabling them to live independently as far as possible in their community.  The   savings required to be achieved by the Housing related support service (previously Supporting People programme)   provided the opportunity to look at the service provision as a whole and develop a commissioning plan that included priorities on assisting independent living, targeting services to those who required it most, and  improving intervention to prevent homelessness. As 25% of the budget was spent on Older people there was consultation with these users, through the Older People’s Champion, and Cabinet heard about their requirements of the commissioning plan.

RESOLVED:

1. That the Housing Related Support Commissioning Plan 2012-2015 and the strategic priorities set out in it as the basis of commissioning be approved.

2. That the findings of the HRS Needs Assessment and the outcome of the Equalities Impact Assessment, set out in Appendix 2 of the report, be noted.

3. That the work being pursued in relation to the re-commissioning of the Council’s older people’s support service, as set out in section 6.15-6.22 of the report, and agree to proceed to consultation on this.

4. That the approach to managing the Housing Related Support programme, as set out in section 6.26 of the report, be endorsed.