Supporting People Com m issioning Strategy 2 0 0 8 - 2 0 1 1 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Supporting People Com m issioning Strategy 2 0 0 8 - 2 0 1 1

Vision & Values SP Vision I ndependence • Prevention • Presentation of Options • Values Partnership • User Focus • Outcom e Focus •

Budget C ontract value by super group Homeless, £1,643,267, Contracts Units 28% Hounslow Super Group Amount £ % of total Number % of total Care and Support £3,639,734 63% 1,791 79.5% Homeless £1,643,267 28.4% 381 16.9% C are and Young People £495,084 8.6% 81 3.6% Y oung S upport, People, £3,639,734, £495,084, 63% 9% Total £5,766,825 100.0% 2,253 100.0% As a result of the Comprehensive Spending Review Hounslow’s grant settlement for the next three years are as follows, •2008/9 £5,912,535 •2009/10 £6,060,334 •2010/11 £6,060,334 The 2008/9 grant settlement represents a 7% increase from 2007/08, and that of 2009/10 a further 2.5% increase

Current Supply Overall No. of units has • gone dow n by 9 .5 % 7.9 since 2 0 0 3 11.7 LBH is under-provided • for overall, particularly in term s of 14.1 accom m odation-based 66.3 provision. Particular gaps – • offenders, substance Older People m isuse, young people, Other Community Care Groups Socially excluded Groups m ental health, single Generic hom eless

Service Utilisation • 6 0 % under the age of 3 0 • 6 0 % received a floating support service • 5 5 % w ere non-w hite, but w ith significant over-representation of black groups and under-rep of Asian groups • 3 3 % w ere statutory hom eless • Only 1 .4 % of new FS services w ere for people m oving out of supported housing

Service Utilisation - Com parisons • Higher num bers of people under 3 0 • Higher proportion of FS clients • Ethnicity pattern sim ilar • Low er num bers of statutory hom eless • Low er proportion of FS service users m oving from supported housing Also : Far low er % of FS users living in private rented

Gap Analysis • Need for m ore ABS and NABS • Greater need overall for NABS • Older People – need m ore overall but less ABS • DV- perceived over-supply • Shortfalls in ABS for Mental Health, Young People, Offenders and Substance Misuse • Shortfalls in NABS – Hom eless Fam ilies and Dom estic Violence

Providers Survey I ndicators from Survey • More dem and than supply particularly for FS • 2 0 -2 5 % of service users ready to m ove on to independence • Significant proportion of service users in need of higher levels of support • Overall people ready to m ove is greater than w aiting list figures – m aybe throughput and levels of support are the issue rather than lack of supply overall

User Com m ents • Significant degree of appreciation of current services • Frustration at lack of practical assistance • Frustration at lack of inform ation on available services • Concerned about losing w arden but also com plaints about w arden service • Help w ith finding m ove-on accom m odation highlighted as a need

Overall Direction of Travel Em phasis on Prevention • Focussed on Outcom es • Experim enting w ith new service m odels - individually • tailored services More brief interventions • Em phasis on em ploym ent • NABS as the norm but still im portant role for • supported housing I nnovative w ays needed of generating building-base • for services Throughput crucial • Generic cross-tenure floating support hub of system • Fram ew ork agreem ents •

Com m unity Care Groups – Direction of Travel • Review of m ental health provision – developm ent of pathw ays • Generating m ore housing options for people w ith disabilities • Shift overall to m ore NABS except for m ental health • Review of sheltered • Expansion of HI A / Linkline / Extra Care – not just for older people • Linking support into I Bs

Young People – Direction of Travel • Review of young people services • Diversion from hom elessness • Assessm ent facility • More supported housing , less floating support • Focus on w orking w ith those w ho are NEET

Hom elessness – Direction of Travel • Prevention of hom elessness and clear pathw ays aw ay from crisis for those w ho becom e hom eless • Focus on throughput • Generic resettlem ent and placem ent service • Attention to access arrangem ents • Grow th in DV Outreach • Short stay ABS for those leaving custody