Health and social work services

Tender description

Essex County Council conducted a single stage, open procurement to secure the provision of accommodation based services for single homeless adults and families to work collaboratively across Essex to enable vulnerable people aged 18 and above to gain or regain the necessary skills to enable them to live independently and participate in their community. This contract award notice details the successful candidate who has been awarded a contract to deliver this service. Essex County Council conducted a procurement to secure the provision of accommodation based services for single homeless adults and families to work collaboratively across Essex to enable vulnerable people aged 18 and above to gain or regain the necessary skills to enable them to live independently and participate in their community. The overarching objective of this service is to support people for maximum of 2 years to: — develop and maintain skills to live independently; — successfully sustain their tenancy; — manage finances including access to benefits and debt advice; — ensure that they are not at risk of anti-social behaviour; — access a range of support services and community facilities to meet their needs; — build on their individual strengths and assets; — improve their health and well-being; — access training, education, employment and volunteering opportunities; — access peer mentoring and establish or re-establish positive relationships that can assist with preventing social isolation.