Liverpool City Council - Supporting people

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What is Supporting People?

Supporting People helps vulnerable people to live more independently. Supporting People gives people the choice to receive support in their own home or helps them to access accommodation where support is available on site.

The Supporting People programme is a grant fund that is used to pay for support services through a working partnership of local government, health, probation, support providers and customers that use support services. 

In Liverpool we aim to deliver high quality and planned housing-related services which are cost effective and reliable, and complement existing care services.

To search a database of services in Liverpool, which includes Supporting People funded services view the Help4Me directory

News and Views

Supporting People has undertaken an evauluation of the Move On and Move in Resettlement Pilot which was developed by Supporting People in partnership with local housing and support providers to improve access to general needs housing for socially excluded groups.An Executive Summary of the research,an evaluation of the older people's pilot and an update of the current status of the pilot will be published during October 2008.Click here to view the Move On and Move In Pilot Resettlement Service Evaluation Spring 2008. (PDF [330.2Kb] opens in new window)

Supporting People have reviewed the service user needs analysis for socially excluded groups in 2008.Click here to view the updated Needs Analysis. (PDF [553.3Kb] opens in new window) for socially excluded groups.

For copies of the presentations from the Floating Support bidders day - visit the OTHER INFORMATION page by using the navigation buttons to the left of this screen.

Click here to view the latest Supporting People Newsletter Summer 2008 (PDF [183.1Kb] opens in new window).

Liverpool has launched a SUPPORT CHARTER which was developed following a number of engagement events with service users, stakeholders and providers. Service Users in particular have had a great deal of involvement with the development of the Support Charter, not just at the Engagement events but through the LIVERPOOL SUPPORTING PEOPLE FORUM which is made up of people who use SP funded services in Liverpool. Liverpool expects all providers to be signed up to the Support Charter and this will be a key element to be considered during the SP service tendering processes. Click here to download a copy of the Support Charter (MS Word [1.8Mb] opens in new window).

Click here to see the most recent list of providers who have signed up to the Support Charter (PDF [36.2Kb] opens in new window)

Liverpool is Supporting People Well

Liverpool's Supporting People Programme was visited in 2007 by the Audit Commission. The services provided through Supporting people were rated as "a fair programme that has excellent prospects for improvement" - a major turn round since the last time inspectors came to Liverpool in December 2005.

The inspectors made a series of recommendations to enable the service to continue to improve. These include strengthening the monitoring of its performance and outcomes and improving access and information relating to services. You can view a full version of the SP Improvement Plan here.

Tendering and Procurement

Information about Liverpool's Tendering Process and the Procurement Plan is available here. Download a copy of the Pre-tendering Methodology here (MS Word [190.5Kb] opens in new window).

You can also view  a copy of the Procurement Timetable (MS Word [178.5Kb] opens in new window) here

Supporting People vision

View a copy of the Vision for Supporting People service in Liverpool (MS Word [31.5Kb] opens in new window).

Team structure

The Supporting People Team In Liverpool is staffed by a committed team of officers supported at senior level by the City Council.

Click here to view a chart of the SP Team Structure (MS Word [31Kb] opens in new window)

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Adult Protection in Liverpool

 
The City has a set of procedures for the protection of adults which have been written jointly with the police, health, voluntary and independent organisations.

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