Issue details

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care, seeking approval for Southampton City Council and the Southampton City Clinical Commissioning Group to put in place a business case for Housing Provision for People with Learning Disabilities and Complex Needs, which is driven by the need to have local, person centred services delivered in the right place and at the right time.

The business case has four main aims:

- Provision of locally based housing to support personalised approaches of care
- Improvement in quality of life for those with complex needs (e.g. by reducing challenging behaviours and crisis/breakdowns)
- Improved support for informal carers, ensuring that individuals maintain natural networks around them and informal carers well being is supported
- Reduced dependency on health and social care services by provision of effective and efficient local services

The contact we are making with the market will seek the option to develop an approved list of housing providers, which could further develop accommodation for social care groups.