ECC has commissioned a new model of mental health supported accommodation, within a whole system view and providing an improved pathway, allowing people to move towards independent living.
ECC has commissioned a new model of Mental Health Supported Accommodation delivering different levels of services allowing people to move towards independent living however some existing services remain during mobilisation. Services are therefore commissioned through a variety of different arrangements:
- Contracted Intensive Assessment Bed (IAB) Services
- Contracted Complex Services
- Contracted Intensive Enablement (IE) Services
- Contracted High, Medium and Low Services
- Framework for Supported to Independence
- A small number of spot contracts and block arrangements
Supported Accommodation in the market is meeting existing need through a mixture of shared housing and self-contained units. Accommodation standards are variable however are improving through ECC’s compliance checks.
There are some accommodation gaps in particular geographical areas resulting in people having been placed outside of their areas.