59 The Young People's Supported Housing Pathway PDF 229 KB
[Report of the Assistant Director for Commissioning. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Housing and Estate Renewal.]
The young people's supported housing pathway has been re-designed and recommissioned. The aim of the new pathway is to offer young people a greater range of accommodation settings and support levels, including 24-hour, visiting and floating support services.
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The Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Families introduced this report which sought approval from Cabinet to award contracts for the provision of the Young People’s Supported Housing Pathway.
The Cabinet Member noted the contracts sought to award provision of 35 units of visiting support accommodation, which included a specialist service for unaccompanied asylum seeking children who had become old enough to qualify for those services. There would also be a 10 unit Housing First for care leavers, which would be the first of its kind in the United Kingdom. Those services would be in addition to services that had already been commissioned to support LGBTQ+ young people with stonewall housing and also services that the Council would be looking to commission separately to provide support for young women and young parents towards the end of 2019.
The contracts would be for provision of a range of support across issues, such as health and wellbeing, crime and safety, employment and skills, and building financial resilience. It was highlighted to Cabinet that those proposals and the specifications for the contracts were developed in consultation with young people who were also involved in interviewing the providers as part of the procurement process.
The Cabinet Member closed by claiming the contracts were an important element in delivering on the Administration’s manifesto commitment to tackle homelessness in the borough.
Following questions from Cllr Barnes, the following was noted:
Further to considering the exempt information at item 22,
RESOLVED
To approve the award of three contracts for the Young People’s Supported Housing Pathway, to the organisations outlined in the exempt report, for a duration of three (3) years with option to extend for a further three (3) years, with a commencement ... view the full minutes text for item 59