Social work and related services

Tender description

Pembrokeshire County Council are seeking to appoint a service provider for the provision of a housing related floating support service for people with an offending history. To provide a housing related floating support service for people with an offending history. The service is provided for people where offending is a recent or significant reason for their need of support. As a guideline ‘recent’ would include people released from prison or starting a community service order within the last 2 years, and ‘significant’ would be where offending is considered the lead need. The service provider will support with any of the following housing related activities: — support to manage on a budget and/or reduce debts; — support to ensure relevant benefits are being accessed; — support to access suitable accommodation; — support to learn independent living skills to enable service users to manage their home, such as healthy eating, cooking, cleaning, garden maintenance; — support to identify and access public transport/delivery services/cleaning services; — support to develop and maintain healthy relationships and social networks; — support to improve neighbourhood relations and reduce conflict; — support to keep them feeling safe in their home and in the community; — support to feel part of their community, and to identify and access social, leisure and recreational activities; — support to identify and access health services, support groups or organisations; — support to identify and access practitioners’ services such as doctor or dentist; — support to identify and access learning or educational opportunities; — support to identify and secure employment or volunteering opportunities. The Council may at any time request the service provider to deliver additional services to support the housing first approach where ex offending is the lead need.