Floating Support (Non-accommodation based) - Homeless Prevention

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    "description": "Wirral Council wishes to commission a non-accommodation based (floating support) service that will deliver housing-related support to vulnerable people, aimed at preventing homelessness, and supporting households to manage and maintain independent living. The service, which will need to respond innovatively and creatively in supporting people and by working in close partnership with Service Users, their family and/or carers and other professionals, will aim to help people maintain their independence and encourages people to settle back into the community and promotes self-reliance. The support will be solution focussed aimed at resolving issues and preventing crisis.\nThe service should, at a minimum, support 150 Service Users at any one time\nService Aims and Objectives\nTo work with the Commissioner to effectively and efficiently achieve the following aims and objectives:\n\u2022 The reduction and prevention of homelessness, repeat homelessness and the use of Bed and Breakfast accommodation, temporary accommodation or reliance on more institutional forms of care.\n\u2022 A reduction in the number of crisis presentations and hospital admissions.\n\u2022 The provision of support to Service Users, to enable a more stable lifestyle and empower them to develop the necessary skills, knowledge and confidence to live independently and sustain accommodation on a long term basis.\n\u2022 The provision of support to Service Users to acquire the necessary skills and confidence to manage their own affairs and financial wellbeing.\n\u2022 To effectively engage and empower Service Users to recognise, understand and make changes to challenging behaviours and lifestyle choices.\n\u2022 To assist in the reduction in incidences of anti-social and offending behaviour.\n\u2022 To assist in reducing the risk of harm to individuals that may result from alcohol/substance misuse and use of new psychoactive substances.\n\u2022 To assist Service Users to improve and encourage the development of skills and confidence to negotiate safe healthy relationships.\n\u2022 To support Service Users to tackle issues affecting their physical, mental and sexual health and wellbeing by promotions of self-care and facilitating engagement with appropriate support services.\n\u2022 To assist in the reduction of social exclusion and isolation, and to increase involvement and participation in employment, training, education, community activities or other meaningful activity.\n\u2022 To ensure the quality of life for Service Users is maintained and / or improved and reflects what is important to each individual.\n\u2022 To provide personal and emotional support to help overcome/address core issues/behaviours which lead to housing difficulty.\n\u2022 In collaboration with the Housing Options and Homelessness Team and other relevant partner agencies, to assist Service Users to move on to appropriate accommodation including within the Private Rented Sector and ensure they have the skills to sustain their housing in a safe environment.\n\u2022 To ensure Service Users understand how to self-refer for support should problems arise.\n\u2022 To ensure all support services are coordinated in their support plan utilising a multi-agency approach.\n\u2022 To help Service Users develop their own recovery and crisis plans as needed especially when they are not open to secondary services.\nFull details are provided within the tender pack.",
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