Health and social work services

Tender description

The strategic commissioning intentions are to reduce rough sleeping and to improve choice and control for individuals. The service will be required to support a reduction in health inequalities by improving access to health care and promoting the social inclusion of homeless populations. The service will achieve the following: — reduction in rough sleeping, — development of local referral routes into housing first, — improved access to current commissioned services for those who may choose not to access housing first or other services, — improved physical and mental health and well-being, — increase in homelessness prevention, — improving pathways between partners such as the criminal justice system, mental health service provision and the system for preventing and responding to homelessness. The strategic commissioning intentions are to reduce rough sleeping and to improve choice and control for individuals. The service will be required to support a reduction in health inequalities by improving access to health care and promoting the social inclusion of homeless populations. The service will achieve the following: — reduction in rough sleeping, — development of local referral routes into housing first, — improved access to current commissioned services for those who may choose not to access housing first or other services, — improved physical and mental health and well-being, — increase in homelessness prevention, — improving pathways between partners such as the Criminal Justice system, mental health service provision and the system for preventing and responding to homelessness. This contract has the option to extend for up to 2 years.