Housing Support for Care Leavers and Children in Care Aged 16-24 - London Borough of Sutton

The London Borough of Sutton intends to commission a housing support service for homeless young people, Looked After Children and Care Leavers. The service will assist Sutton to discharge its legal responsibilities to: *Homeless young people aged 16/17 years. *Children aged 16-17 in Semi-Independent Accommodation. *Looked After Children. *Care Leavers. The services will be divided into 3 lots, as follows; Lot 1: Floating Support Service for Lower Needs Young People Aged 18+; There will be 11 units of accommodation within this lot in 4 properties, with the potential to increase to 20 units over the duration of the contract. One of these properties will be partly designated for homeless young people aged 16-18. Lot 2: Floating Support Service for Medium Needs Young People Aged 18+; There will be 19 units of accommodation within this lot in 3 properties, with the potential to increase to 30 units over the duration of the contract. One of these properties will be partly designated for homeless young people aged 16-18. Lot 3: Floating Support Service for Medium Needs Young People Aged 16+ with provision to become registered provision for 16-17 year olds; There will be 7 units of accommodation within this lot in property with the potential to increase to 20 units over the duration of the contract. The property will initially provide supported accommodation for young people aged 18+. Providers should be in a position to develop this property into registered provision for 16-17 year olds, with 6 or 7 units of accommodation, when required. These services may come under statutory regulation in 2023. Please refer to the service specification that sets out the principles, outcomes and standards required of the service to ensure that service users are supported to develop essential independent living skills that will enable them to move on to independent accommodation. Please see modification clause