Crisis Housing

The provision of Emergency Accommodation and Home Support Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism. Additional information: BSOL Procurement Collaborative (hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT) acting on behalf of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Women and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Forward Thinking Birmingham, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Coventry And Warwickshire Partnership Trust to advise the market of a collaborative procurement exercise and intention to issue a tender opportunity for the provision of emergency accommodation and home support services.

The service refers to Adults of working age between 18 to 65, who have a diagnosis of a learning disability and/or Autism and are registered with Birmingham or Solihull GP practices. They will be on either a dynamic support register or are known to or are receiving input from an LDA specialist team or service across NHS services in BSMHFT, BWC, FTB, BCHC, CWPT and have a care plan and risk assessment that has been completed in at least the 4 weeks leading up to referral.

The aim of the service will be to support and accommodate adults with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism from across Birmingham and Solihull and contribute to prevention of tier 3 & 4 admissions, inappropriate hospital stays within acute trusts, and breakdowns within usual living circumstances. This will be done though provision of emergency accommodation of which most be based in Birmingham or Solihull and wrap around community support (both in the emergency accommodation and in the individual’s usual residence) to support these individuals in a robust way.

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