Community Living Services

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NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (hereafter the Contracting Authority) is seeking to commission Community Living Services through an open procurement process. Bidders are invited to bid to become an Approved Provider on one tor more services:-
1. Support Living,
2. Housing Related Support,
3. Personal Support.
The preferred Bidders will be required to demonstrate:
Supported Living
High standards are experienced by all individuals receiving supported living services. Enabling individuals to:
• Live as independently as possible in settled accommodation, increasing independence around managing own needs.
• Receive strengths-based support in a way that is less restrictive of their rights and freedoms.
• Work towards achieving aspirations and goals.
• Live in their own home by maintaining a tenancy agreement, rental or ownership.
• Have choice and control over their care, including how it is delivered and by whom.
• Receive a flexible service which responds to their individual preferences and needs.
• Be supported in a way which has proper regard for achieving best value.
Housing Related Support
Housing Related Support service aims to enable Individuals to maintain their tenancy, live independently and improve their outcomes through support and advice to meet their needs, and to achieve and maintain their potential in relation to physical, intellectual, educational, emotional and social capacity, and ability to find and maintain employment. The service will support individuals to:
• live in their own homes, exercising choice and control in their own lives.
set up and maintain bills,
• manage their money and understand personal debt management including budget planning,
• maximise benefit entitlements,
• access training, education and/or gain meaningful employment or activity,
• maintain and develop social circles, relationships and friendships,
• forge positive relationships with the local community,
• develop independent living skills and confidence so individuals are able to manage their own needs,
• access specialist advice, make referrals to other professionals or access groups pertinent to an individual's needs,
• adopt healthy and active lifestyles therefore preserving independence and quality of life,
• achieve their desired outcomes.
Personal Support
The Personal Support service aims to enable the individual to use and develop their personal strengths to the purpose of developing, maintaining, and thriving in positive social activities that are meaningful to the individual, including volunteer and work opportunities, and will be delivered via a personal budget. The service aims to:
• Support people to live in their own homes, exercising choice and control in their own lives.
• Support to set up, maintain, and adapt planned community activities and commitments
• Money and debt management including budget planning
• Maximising benefit entitlements
• Help individuals to access training, education and/or gain meaningful employment or activity.
• Support to maintain and develop social circles, relationships and friendships
• Encouragement to forge positive relationships with the local community
• Developing independent living skills and confidence so individuals are able to manage their own needs.
• Support to access specialist advice, make referrals to other professionals or access groups pertinent to an individual's needs
• Promote and support healthy and active lifestyles therefore preserving independence and quality of life.
• Ensure that assessed needs are translated into effective and appropriate services, to support individuals in achieving their desired outcomes.

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