Semi-Independent Accommodation

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Dear Reading Borough Council,

I have set up a Semi-Independent accommodation in last April 2020. Provision in the reading area. I will be grateful for information regarding the following;
1. How do you currently accommodate care leavers/young people (16-24
years old) within your borough?
2. Can you explain your commissioning process for private residential care providers/private supported living providers? Do you spot purchase, have framework contacts/agreement or block contracts? Or how can l get spot work asap?
3. Do organisations need to go through the tendering process to accommodate care leavers/young people (16-24 years old) on a spot purchase basis? If information regarding the website to access will be valuable.
4. Do you operate an approved providers list of private residential care providers/private supported living providers? If so, how do I register?
5. How many care leavers/young people (16&17 years old) are currently in private residential care/private supported accommodation? Do you require more providers?
6. How many care leavers/young people (18 years old and above) are currently in private residential care/private supported accommodation? Do you require more providers?
7. How many care leavers or eligible young people (16&17 years old) are living in private residential care/private supported accommodation with support of 10 hours or more?
8. How many care leavers or eligible young people (18 years old and above) are living in private residential care/private supported accommodation with support of 10 hours or more?
9. What is the average weekly cost of placing a child (16&17 years old) in a private residential care/private supported accommodation?
10. What is the average weekly cost of placing an adult (18-24 years old) in a private residential care/private supported accommodation?
11. How can a private residential care/private supported accommodation approach the council when wishing to introduce their service?
12. Who should be approached within the council to discuss commissioning, service provision, rates and referrals?
13. Can you please provided me with the contact details who l can contact and discuss and forward my document to the relevant person in the council with telephone and email numbers?
14. Do you have any events/when are they held? Or how often?
15. when are the next tender dates?
16. How can we get frame work asap and can you provide me with the contact details?

Yours faithfully,

Muhammad Ahsan

FOI, CRT, Reading Borough Council

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Dear Mr Ahsan

Please take this e-mail as an acknowledgement of your request for information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (2000), received by Reading Borough Council on 12 January 2021. This has now been passed to the appropriate officer for a response.
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Customer Relations Team| Directorate of Resources
Civic Office
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Reading Borough Council
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Dear Mr Ahsan

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Thank you for your recent request received in this office on 12 January
2021.

 

You have requested the following information under the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000: Your request and our response are below:

 

1. How do you currently accommodate care leavers/young people (16-24 years
old) within your borough?

 

We accommodate our young people via placing on a framework with
semi-independent accommodation providers that offer a range of support
including 24/7 staffing, supported lodgings and supported tenancies
tendered via a competitive process. When ready for an  independent tenancy
they move on via the Housing Panel Process. We also have an IFA which
supports Staying Put foster care where appropriate for the yp's needs

 

2. Can you explain your commissioning process for private residential care
providers/private supported living providers? Do you spot purchase, have
framework contacts/agreement or block contracts? Or how can l get spot
work asap?

 

We are members of a regional residential framework. When a suitable match
cannot be found via the framework a spot purchase residential placement
may be sought.

Likewise for supported living the framework referred to in 1. is the first
stage commissioning process, on occasion a spot purchase placement may be
required if the framework provision cannot meet the individuals need.

 

3. Do organisations need to go through the tendering process to
accommodate care leavers/young people (16-24 years old) on a spot purchase
basis? If information regarding the website to access will be valuable.

 

The framework is not open to a tender process at present. Any Information
regarding upcoming tenders will be published on Contracts Finder and/or 
InTend- our portal for tenders

 

4. Do you operate an approved providers list of private residential care
providers/private supported living providers? If so, how do I register?

 

We have frameworks as described therefore we do not hold an approved list

 

5. How many care leavers/young people (16&17 years old) are currently in
private residential care/private supported accommodation? Do you require
more providers?

 

28 - We do not require any further providers at present.

 

6. How many care leavers/young people (18 years old and above) are
currently in private residential care/private supported accommodation? Do
you require more providers?

 

6 - We have a limited number of Osted registered providers locally and
would be willing to work with any new providers that fall into this remit
with the view to potentially commissioning places.

 

7. How many care leavers or eligible young people (16&17 years old) are
living in private residential care/private supported accommodation with
support of 10 hours or more?

 

28

 

8. How many care leavers or eligible young people (18 years old and above)
are living in private residential care/private supported accommodation
with support of 10 hours or more?

 

5

 

9. What is the average weekly cost of placing a child (16&17 years old) in
a private residential care/private supported accommodation?

 

£1,200

 

10. What is the average weekly cost of placing an adult (18-24 years old)
in a private residential care/private supported accommodation?

 

£500

 

11. How can a private residential care/private supported accommodation
approach the council when wishing to introduce their service?

 

If information is required about the re-opening of the Regional
residential framework please contact

[1][email address].  We do not currently have plans to open
our supported accommodation framework but any intent will be communicated
in accordance with (3) above.

 

12. Who should be approached within the council to discuss commissioning,
service provision, rates and referrals?

 

[2][email address]

 

13. Can you please provided me with the contact details who l can contact
and discuss and forward my document to the relevant person in the council
with telephone and email numbers?

As per q.12 above

 

14. Do you have any events/when are they held? Or how often?

No events are currently scheduled, any such notification would be via
channels referenced as above

 

15. when are the next tender dates?

 

No tender is scheduled at present and notification would be via the
channels referenced in Q.3

 

16. How can we get frame work asap and can you provide me with the contact
details?

The supported living framework is not currently open to new applicants in
accordance with internal and Public Contract Regulations.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Mr N Bullough

Customer Relations Officer

Customer Relations Team| Directorate of Resources

Civic Office

Bridge Street

Reading Borough Council

RG1 2LU

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