Health and social work services

Tender description

Young people are facing multiple problems that exacerbate each other, and the lack of effective support from services can lead to a downward spiral of mental ill health, drug and alcohol problems, crime and homelessness. The Service is underpinned by the vision that people experiencing multiple needs are supported by effective, coordinated services and are empowered to tackle their problems and reach their full potential. The Service model will deliver an outcome focused ‘support pathway’ clearly focused on the unique needs of younger service users, through which they will progress, working towards independent living. This is a person centered outcome focused service. It will focus on young people’s individual needs, goals and aspirations, that will enable them to successfully sustain their tenancies, avoid eviction and prevent the risk homelessness. This is a person centered outcome focused service. It will focus on young people’s individual needs, goals and aspirations, that will enable them to successfully sustain their tenancies, avoid eviction and prevent the risk homelessness. The service will put young people at the centre of everything they do, enabling them to to achieve, develop and maintain their independence and life skills. There is a focus on the service being proactive, with a preventative and caring approach. There will be an increased emphasis on health and wellbeing and promoting positive behaviours. The Service will support individuals to develop resilience to enable them to cope with life challenges and fulfil their true potential, accessing opportunities to enhance their skills and be supported on a pathway to employment/training. The support hours will be tailored to individual needs with the aim of enabling young people to develop the skills to live as successful tenants once support ends. Young people will gain in confidence, motivation and skills to enable them to engage fully in the community. The Service will comprise of a suite of options of accommodation, support and community based elements. The Service will comprise of five main elements which work seamlessly together in order to provide support that is flexible to individuals and respond to young people’s changing needs. The five elements include: — Emergency Assessment Beds, — Core Supported Housing, — Semi Supported Housing Flexible Support, — Transitional Landlord Service, — Floating Support Ability to Flex to Outreach. As identified as II.2.7 - the initial duration of the contract will be 24 months from the commencement date, but the Council has an option to extend by a further 12 month period. The estimated value identified at II.1.5 and II.2.6 of 1 575 000 GBP covers the entire contract period (initial term and options to extend). The detailed service specification is available for download along with the full suite of tender documentation from https://www.yortender.co.uk with reference number DN393068.