Our Services

If you are an accountable or lead officer for the Supporting People programme or you are a commissioner of care services we can help with -

  • Interim management of Supporting People/social care programmes
  • Needs mapping/ Analysis of Unmet Need and Over Provision
  • Strategy development and review
  • Improvement of Joint Planning and Joint Working
  • Integration of SP and social care programmes within Local Area
  • Agreement outcomes and structures
  • Reviews of Services
  • Implementing the actions arising from an Audit Commission inspection
  • Undertaking a pre Audit Commission mock inspection
  • Financial Viability and Quality Assessments of Supporting People and social care Providers
  • Stakeholder Consultation, Focus Groups and Surveys
  • Developing meaningful service user involvement

If you are a local authority strategic housing manager we can help with –

  • Mapping housing needs amongst vulnerable groups
  • Improving access and referral arrangements to supported housing for homeless and other vulnerable households (Lewisham)
  • Improving joint working between housing, SP and/or social care functions (Kingston, Haringey)

Providers Who Work with Vulnerable People

If you are a provider of SP/social care services we can help with –

  • Staff Training
  • Assistance with contract negotiations
  • Assisting with tender preparation
  • Policy review and development
  • Outcome Monitoring Systems
  • Research
  • Business Planning
  • Budget Setting
  • Reducing costs
  • Developing meaningful service user involvement
  • Stakeholder Consultation
  • Interim Management Services
  • CSCI domicilary care registration
  • IT development

In addition, if you want to become a provider of SP/social care services we can help with –

  • Guidance on the regulatory framework
  • Options appraisal of proposed services
  • Negotiations with commissioners

If you are a provider of housing/residential services we can help with –

  • Strategic review of provision e.g. sheltered housing (SARH, NCB)
  • Review of service charge and housing costs
  • Tendering of services (One Housing)
  • Activity Based costing (Arbours, Mencap)
  • Negotiating with Housing Benefit (Chrysalis)
  • Advice on corporate and charitable structures
  • CSCI registration/deregistration (Arbours)