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Title: Denise Steadman


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Denise Steadman SP lead officer, Leicester Ruth
Rigby SP lead officer, Nottinghamshire
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Mission statement
  • the Supporting People programme offers vulnerable
    people the opportunity to improve their quality
    of life by providing a stable environment which
    enables greater independence.
  • It will deliver high quality and strategically
    planned housing-related services which are cost
    effective and reliable, and complement existing
    care services.
  • The planning and development of services will be
    needs led.
  • Supporting People is a working partnership of
    local government, PCTs, Probation, service users
    and support agencies.

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Housing-related Support Services
  • Services which assist someone to maintain their
    home in the community
  • emergency alarm systems
  • maintaining safety and security
  • advice on budgeting debt management
  • lifeskills training
  • Not Care, Health or Housing Management
  • Hostels, Sheltered Housing, Supported
    Accommodation
  • Range of providers

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Whats changed?
  • Integration of previous funding streams into
    single SP Grant - April 2003
  • Administered by single local authority on behalf
    of Commissioning Body
  • Nationally SP Grant - 1.4 billions
  • East Mids Grants between 300k - 30m

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Core Principles
  • Services based on local need
  • Improving range of services floating support,
    services to owner occupiers
  • Integrating housing-related support services with
    wider local strategic objectives
  • Monitoring of quality effectiveness
  • Single decision-making process and administration
  • Consultation with all stakeholders

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Local benefits of SP
  • Reduction in homelessness
  • Alternatives to /Reductions in residential care
  • Reductions in crisis intervention
  • Reduction in delayed hospital discharge
  • Increase numbers of people living independently,
    positively contributing to community
  • Crime Reduction
  • Consequent reductions in other budgets

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How was the Grant set?
  • Local calculation of spend in
  • Supported Housing Management Grant (Housing
    Corporation)
  • Housing Benefit/Income Support
  • Full cost of short term services
  • Long term services number on benefit as at 31
    March 2003
  • Housing Departments Housing Revenue Account
  • ODPM grants to Home Improvement Agencies
  • Probation Accommodation Grant
  • Key dates
  • December 2002 Golden Cut
  • July 2003 Platinum Cut

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How is SP Grant paid?
  • Contracts with Providers
  • Contract types
  • Short term/non chargeable services - Block Gross
  • Long term/chargeable services Block Subsidy
  • Paid monthly/4-weekly in advance

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Supporting People Charging
  • Short term services free
  • Long term services chargeable
  • Local Charging Policy based on national
    guidance, linked to benefit entitlement and SSD
    Fairer Charging Policy

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Financial Risk Administering Authority
  • Local Grant calculation incomplete
  • Government underfunding savings in year one
  • Increase in number of people on Benefit in
    long-term services
  • Introduction of Allocation Formula
  • Government Policy changes
  • Department where SP sited may take all financial
    risk
  • Administration costs not fully met

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Financial Risk - Providers
  • Were services properly costed
  • Cost benchmarking
  • Small providers financial management capacity
  • Political pressure to fund some services over
    others
  • Being paid on time, recouping charges
  • Procurement processes Tendering
  • Access to capital funding

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Sources of help
  • CIPFA
  • ODPM
  • SITRA
  • National Housing Federation
  • hact
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