Share lives Scheme Soft Market Test

Tender description

<p style="margin-top: 0; line-height: 115%">Plymouth City Council is engaging in a soft market test exercise to assess the market’s capacity, interest and capability in the management of a Shared Lives Scheme.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0; line-height: 115%"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">A Shared Lives Scheme offers placements that provide people aged 18 years and older with an alternative and highly flexible form of accommodation and/or care or support which is provided by ordinary individuals or families in the local community. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; line-height: 115%"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">A Shared Lives Scheme is an alternative to home care and care homes for people in need of support. A Shared Lives Scheme offers a personalised model of care and support where carers share their lives and in most cases, their homes with those they support. Shared Lives Carers are self-employed carers supported by the provider, which is regulated by the Care Quality Commission. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; line-height: 115%"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">The Shared Lives scheme will be expected: </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 6pt 0 3pt 72pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings"><span>§<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt">To recruit a range of appropriate short and long term Shared Lives carers</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 6pt 0 3pt 72pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings"><span>§<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt">To offer high quality shared lives placements to service users</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 6pt 0 3pt 72pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings"><span>§<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt">To expand the long term shared lives service to meet the needs of service users and the development priorities of the service purchaser </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 6pt 0 0.0001pt 72pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; font-weight: normal"><span>§<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Gill Sans MT&quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: normal">To develop and expand the existing short break service to meet the needs of service users.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 6pt 0 0.0001pt 72pt"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-weight: normal"><span>§<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Gill Sans MT&quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: normal">To offer support for service users referred to the scheme in Plymouth</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 6pt 0 0.0001pt 72pt"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-weight: normal"><span>§<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Gill Sans MT&quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: normal">To help develop service users independent living skills</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 6pt 0 0.0001pt 72pt"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-weight: normal"><span>§<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Gill Sans MT&quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: normal">Support service users to be empowered to make informed choices and decisions about their care and treatment and to take greater control over their lives</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; margin: 6pt 0 0.0001pt 72pt"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-weight: normal"><span>§<span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &quot;Gill Sans MT&quot;, sans-serif; font-weight: normal">To help develop service users to become more independent and move on to a more independent environment if appropriate </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; line-height: 115%"><span style="color: rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; line-height: 115%"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Within Plymouth there is currently 12 long-term Shared Lives clients, currently no short break placements; there are a range of client groups such as adults with a learning disability, physical disability or mental health need. Plymouth City Council spent in the region of £266,000 on this service in the financial year 21/22. The local authority wishes to see the use of Shared Lives Schemes grow and expand. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; line-height: 115%"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; line-height: 115%"><strong><u><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Expression of Interest</span></u></strong></p> <p style="margin-right: 11.25pt; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">In order to improve our understanding of the potential provider market we are requesting organisations, that could consider delivering these services, to respond with an expressions of interest by completing the questionnaire at the end of the advert attached. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; line-height: 115%"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">All responses and statements provided will be kept in confidence, but may be taken into consideration by the Council. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; line-height: 115%"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">All responses are to be administered through the</span> <a href="http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk">www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk</a> <span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">website and to be returned by </span><strong><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">6^th January 2023.</span></strong><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"> </span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">(12:00hrs).</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; line-height: 115%"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">For further information please contact Natasha Yeoman on 01752 307356</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 112, 192, 1)"> </span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">or </span><a>Natasha.yeoman@plymouth.gov.uk</a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; line-height: 115%"><strong>Please note this request has been issued as an information seeking exercise only and is not part of a procurement process. </strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 115%"><strong>Additionally, Plymouth City Council will not be liable for any costs incurred in responding to this Soft Market Test.</strong></p> <p style="margin-right: 11.25pt; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Commissioners are committed to promoting Equality and Diversity and eliminating unlawful discrimination.<span>&nbsp; </span>Equality will be built into all aspects of the commissioning cycle to reflect this.</span></p> Keywords: Adult fostering, Shared Lives South West, Adult Placements, Community based care, Shared Lives Scheme, Fostering