Supported Living & Domiciliary Services - Adult Social Care

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Dear Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council,

Thank you for your time & assistance on the below requests.

1.) Can you please provide the structure of your adult social care commissioning and placement teams including all social workers. If you can, please include emails & contact numbers.
2.) What frameworks are in place for the commissioning of Supported Living & Domiciliary Care Services. Are these frameworks open to join and if not, when will there be a new tender date?
3.) Do you spot purchase outside of these frameworks? If so, place provide the number of spot placements made within the last year for Supported Living & Domiciliary Care services within Adult Social Care.
4.) Who should be approached within the council to discuss spot purchasing for Supported Living & Domiciliary Care Services?
5.) Is there a need for Supported Living services in this county over the coming year? If so, do you have any forecasts or figures available?
6.) What is the current number of Learning Disability clients living within a Supported Living setting within the local authority? Please also provide the numbers of Learning Disability Clients living outside of local authority?

Yours faithfully,

Alex Gunning

Freedom Of Information Requests, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Mr A Gunning,

 

Freedom of Information Request

Unique Reference No: FOI 8563

 

Thank you for your email received 25 February 2019 requesting information
under the Freedom of Information Act.  I understand your request to be as
follows:

 

1.)        Can you please provide the structure of your adult social care
commissioning and placement teams including all social workers. If you
can, please include emails & contact numbers.

2.)        What frameworks are in place for the commissioning of Supported
Living & Domiciliary Care Services. Are these frameworks open to join and
if not, when will there be a new tender date?

3.)        Do you spot purchase outside of these frameworks? If so, place
provide the number of spot placements made within the last year for
Supported Living & Domiciliary Care services within Adult Social Care.

4.)        Who should be approached within the council to discuss spot
purchasing for Supported Living & Domiciliary Care Services?

5.)        Is there a need for Supported Living services in this county
over the coming year? If so, do you have any forecasts or figures
available?

6.)        What is the current number of Learning Disability clients
living within a Supported Living setting within the local authority?
Please also provide the numbers of Learning Disability Clients living
outside of local authority?

 

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Dear Mr Gunning,

 

Request for Information – Freedom of Information

Unique Reference FOI 8563

 

Please find attached response in relation to your Freedom of Information
Request.

 

Kind regards,

 

On behalf of Trevor Tench

 

 

 

 

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