DECISION

1.    To agree the Young Peoples Supported Accommodation Commissioning Plan for 2013 – 2016 and the specific 11 recommendations listed below which set out the future design of the young people’s sector:

•       Review the eligibility criteria of young peoples supported accommodation services to better target complex need and align the service with other key services; reducing the access threshold from 23 to 20 years of age.

•       Commission an assessment facility and a “crash pad” type facility through the reconfiguration of existing services.

•       Reconfigure services to enable a balance of high, medium and low support services that offers young people opportunities to move between high and low support as their needs change.

•       Establish an Inclusion Panel to reduce evictions and youth homelessness.

•       Increase the amount of high support provision to meet the needs of those with complex support needs.

•       Work with Providers to develop the interface with specialist services. So improving outcomes for service users.

•       Re-configure or replace the existing Drapers City Foyer service to provide 2 smaller units of high support accommodation based services: the timescale being a 3 year period.

•       Re-commission the teenage parents service.

•       Maintain access to a move on quota, improve throughput and access.

•       Commission personalised services.

•       Improve Service User Outcomes.

2.    To agree to maintain the annual revenue budget of £1.7m for these services over the  next year three year period.

3.    To agree that procurement can commence under the Supporting People Framework Agreement.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, EDUCATION, SOCIAL CARE AND WELLEBEING (R. McCULLOCH-GRAHAM)

(Commissioning Manager (C. Kilpatrick)

(Commissioning Manager (S. Graden)

Councillor Abdul Asad, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, introduced the report.

Following questions, officers confirmed that any review of the services would take into account actual needs and changing entitlement rules to ensure there was no overall impact.

Following discussion where Members highlighted the importance of culturally sensitive service provision, the Mayor agreed the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED

1.    To agree the Young Peoples Supported Accommodation Commissioning Plan for 2013 – 2016 and the specific 11 recommendations listed below which set out the future design of the young people’s sector:

•       Review the eligibility criteria of young peoples supported accommodation services to better target complex need and align the service with other key services; reducing the access threshold from 23 to 20 years of age.

•       Commission an assessment facility and a “crash pad” type facility through the reconfiguration of existing services.

•       Reconfigure services to enable a balance of high, medium and low support services that offers young people opportunities to move between high and low support as their needs change.

•       Establish an Inclusion Panel to reduce evictions and youth homelessness.

•       Increase the amount of high support provision to meet the needs of those with complex support needs.

•       Work with Providers to develop the interface with specialist services. So improving outcomes for service users.

•       Re-configure or replace the existing Drapers City Foyer service to provide 2 smaller units of high support accommodation based services: the timescale being a 3 year period.

•       Re-commission the teenage parents service.

•       Maintain access to a move on quota, improve throughput and access.

•       Commission personalised services.

•       Improve Service User Outcomes.

2.    To agree to maintain the annual revenue budget of £1.7m for these services over the  next year three year period.

3.    To agree that procurement can commence under the Supporting People Framework Agreement.