Domestic Abuse Support Services

Tender description

The aim of the service is to deliver support for people affected by domestic abuse. The service will be comprehensive, evidence based, accessible, respect client confidentiality, high quality, responsive to client needs and cost-effective. Service delivered will support those affected by domestic abuse by offering accommodation services as well as a floating support and advocacy service. There are 2 women's refuges in Havering and it is proposed to offer this accommodation to incoming providers. Draft leases for the premises will be able to be viewed together with the floor plans as part of the tender pack. Addresses for the women's refuges will remain confidential. Lot 1: The local authority wishes to introduce a single contract that will encourage bidders to secure efficiencies when developing an innovative service that delivers care and support to people affected by domestic violence. There is an interim contract in place until the 31.8.2022 and it is anticipated that a new service will start on the 1.9. 2022. London Borough of Havering is committed to providing high quality services for its clients and the provision of 2 accommodation based refuges and a floating support service is highly valued by the local community. - Domestic Abuse & Sexual Offences in London: Domestic Abuse represents one in every ten recorded crimes in London. There were 94,503 flagged domestic abuse offences in 2020/21 and 23,320 domestic abuse violence with injury offences. This accounts for approximately a quarter of all domestic abuse offences. Havering: Data from The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) shows domestic abuse activity in Havering increased by 5.7% to 7,795 in 2019-20 then decreased by 3.5% to 7,522 in 2020-21. However, because of covid restrictions it is possible fewer domestic abuse cases were reported and it is likely cases may rise over the coming years. More recent data is available on the MOPAC domestic and sexual violence dashboard: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/mayors-office-policing-and-crime-mopac/data-and-statistics/crime /domestic-and-sexual Information on crime and Community Safety in Havering is available through the Havering data intelligence hub at https://www.haveringdata.net/