Mental Health Supported Living in Tile House (Intensive) Service

Concepts

• tile house
• social work
• mental health
• serious mental illness
• intensive support
• combination of housing
• independent living
• month contract
• residential care
• council's statutory obligations

Location

Description

The London Borough of Camden ("The Authority") intends to award a two year and 8 month contract to the incumbent provider to deliver a Mental Health Supported Living in Tile House (Intensive) Service in Camden. This Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice is being published to inform the market.

Total Quantity or Scope

This Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice is to provide notice of The Authority's intention to award a contract to its incumbent provider to deliver the mental health Mental Health Supported Living in Tile House (Intensive) Service in Camden. The contract will have a term of 2 years and 8 months from 1st August 2022. The service was commissioned in June 2020 with initial contract term of two years. This was extended by two further months and expired on 31st July 2022. The Mental Health Supported Living in Tile House (Intensive) Service offers accommodation and support for adults with serious mental illness (SMI) and complex needs who have lost their tenancies or are unable to live independently, bridging the gap between long stay in hospital and independent living. This type of provision provides a secure environment, key for long term stability and recovery for people with SMI and complex need, offering a smooth transition into the service. The service provides residents with a combination of housing and support to enable them to learn practical skills in a person-centred, strengths-based environment, and prepare them to move on. The service offers 24/7 intensive support, with dedicated onsite clinical staff from Camden and Islington Foundation Trust. The model meets the Council's statutory obligations and aligns with the Council's objectives by providing provision for people eligible for support under the Care Act 2014 who not require personal care, but due their level of need cannot live independently.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

Legal Justification

The Authority has seven mental health supported living services which includes the Mental Health Supported Living in Tile House (Intensive) service. The intention was to develop a Mental Health Accommodation Strategy which would inform further commissioning priorities for the mental health supported living services in Camden. The development of this strategy was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the Authority prioritising the delivery of safe frontline services in a covid secure way thereby protecting both service users and frontline staff. The current service is delivered in Tile House in Camden which provides 15 high quality self-contained flats suitable for this client group. The property is owned by the incumbent provider who is not prepared to allow a third party to deliver the service from the property. This is also the only service in the Council's Mental Health Adult Pathway that provides mental health intensive support to its residents by sub contracting aspects of their delivery to Camden and Islington Foundation Trust. The Authority does not have properties of this type available in Camden therefore not directly awarding this contract to the incumbent provider would mean a loss of a vital service to residents living in Camden. A Mental Health Accommodation Strategy is being developed which will inform future provision in Camden which may resolve the issue long term.

Other Information

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