Assertive Outreach

The strategic commissioning intentions are to reduce rough sleeping and to improve choice and control forindividuals. The service will be required to support a reduction in health inequalities by improving access tohealth care and promoting the social inclusion of homeless populations. The service will achieve the following: • Reduction in rough sleeping • Development of local referral routes into Housing First • Improved access to current commissioned services for those who may choose not to access Housing First orother services • Improved physical and mental health and wellbeing • Increase in homelessness prevention • Improving pathways between partners such as the Criminal Justice system, mental health service provisionand the system for preventing and responding to homelessness This contract has the option to extend for up to 2 years.