Rough Sleeper Outreach Service

Tender description

Reading Borough Council requires a provider to deliver a service to households, across tenure type, to intervene early in preventing homelessness and sustaining tenancies. The service will deliver: • Early upstream homelessness prevention support to clients who are threatened with homelessness, or who may be threatened with homelessness in the future if their immediate support needs are not addressed, by leading on a No First Night Out (NFNO) initiative in Reading. • Support to the Council in delivering its duties, powers and obligations towards people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. • A two tier service that includes Tier 1: Drop-in and triage; Tier 2: Shorter and longer term support planning and resettlement support to provide the most appropriate level and length of intervention/support to each client. • Shorter term support plans over a three to six month period where more than brief intervention(s) is required. • Longer term support plans, as agreed with the Commissioner, where more than brief intervention(s) or shorter term support is required.