Health and social work services

Tender description

The borough is seeking to tender for a building and support service and is seeking good quality buildings and innovative models of service delivery which take into account the specifics of the service being sought. Efficient and effective support provision that will enable individuals with a broad range of need to develop the life skills required to maintain their independence within the community is also being sought. The borough is seeking to tender for a building and support service and is seeking good quality buildings and innovative models of service delivery which take into account the specifics of the service being sought. Efficient and effective support provision that will enable individuals with a broad range of need to develop the life skills required to maintain their independence within the community is also being sought The key requirements of the specification include: — The provision of a building/s from where support services can be delivered. It is anticipated that the building/s will be able to provide a minimum of 20 units of self-contained accommodation. — Supporting people towards independence to enable them to develop the life skills to live independently in less supported accommodation at a time and pace that suits the individual. — The provision of a support service that is able to provide support to a broad range of support needs within a service that is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. — Ensuring a minimum of 1 staff is on shift during the core hours of 7:00 to 23:00. — Ability to provide a night support service between 23:00 and 7:00. — The ability to provide in the region of 9 hours of flexible support to each service user per week. — Effective team leadership and competency in securing clinical confidence in the service. — The ability to support the delivery of the Adults Learning Disability Strategy 2017 - 2020. — Ability to adopt a Positive Behavioural Support approach to individuals based at Mary Jones Court. — Ability to commence the new contract from 1.3.2018. If the building is not owned by the bidding organisation a Management Agreement or Service Level Agreement which has been agreed in principle will need to be submitted alongside the tender documents.