Management of Shared Lives Scheme

Tender description

Shared Lives is a care and support service for people aged 16+ who want to live independently in their community, with the support of a Shared Lives Carer and community network. It’s an alternative to supported living or residential care. n.b. This is not a call for competition and is not yet a contract opportunity. Lot 1: The contract for the management of the scheme in Somerset ends in September 2024, requiring a recommissioning exercise to appoint a provider with demonstratable experience to manage and grow the Shared Lives scheme in Somerset. This event offers the opportunity to find out more about the Shared Lives model as well as the recommissioning activity. Event Details: Date: Friday 26th April Time: 09:00 – 10:00 Venue: Online Microsoft Teams Meeting Event Registration: To attend this event please send a message through the Council’s e-portal www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk providing the name of your organisation, the name and job role of the person(s) wishing to attend (Max 2 per organisation) and a contact email address for each to enable us to send through the full details of the event and the venue. Please ensure that those attending from your organisation are the most appropriate to feed into the discussions. Please respond by the deadline of 12:00 noon on Thursday 25th April 2024 if you wish to attend. If you are unable to attend the event, the presentation, notes and associated documentation will be available through the council’s e-portal www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk. Organisations that take part will not be advantaged or disadvantaged in any way in any potential future formal procurement. Commercial confidentiality will be respected. This notice does not represent a formal commitment by SC to undertake a procurement procedure and SC reserves the right to cancel or re-arrange this event at its own discretion.