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)