Provision of Supported Accommodation and Floating Support for People with Learning Disabilities

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Accommodation and Floating Support for People with LD Lot 1: Contract Overview Service Description The service will provide specialist housing-related support to prevent homelessness and maximise independence for people with a learning disability or other vulnerability 1 - Building the capacity and ability of individuals or households to maintain a home by helping them to develop the skills and confidence to live independently in a safe and suitable home. 2 - Enabling service users to exercise more choice and control in their lives 3 - Enabling the service user to liaise with other professionals or access specialist support as required. 4 - Improving the sustainability of a person’s housing by tackling their social isolation and helping them to play a full part in their community by enabling service users to develop social networks and opportunities for peer support and take advantage of employment/ leisure/ education/training opportunities as appropriate. 5 - Enabling service users to manage their finances, maximise their income and reduce debt and/or rent arrears 6 - Enabling service users to better manage their physical and mental health The service shall run for an initial 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years in yearly increments.