Supporting people

The items included here are examples of positive practice inspectors identified from April 2006 to March 2011. These items were last reviewed in March 2011.

Effective at working with the credit union - Leeds East North East Homes

5 May 2010

ENHL is highly effective at working with the credit union to ensure financial inclusion for local people including tenants on low incomes. ENEHL promotes these services to tenants and provides a ...

Domestic violence survivors self help group - Sutton Housing Partnership

5 May 2010

A floating support service for survivors of domestic violence that is funded through Supporting People, has supported survivors to set up a self-help group called 'Breath' that is open to both female ...

Piloting a menu of support services for sheltered housing tenants - Sutton Housing Partnership

5 May 2010

An innovative pilot scheme is offering a menu of support levels to sheltered housing tenants. Tenants can choose to receive different levels of care for different service charges.

Training and learning - Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

15 October 2009

Rochdale's Supporting People programme has worked with a local college and partners to develop innovative ways of providing learning opportunities for staff and service users at no financial cost.

Greater Manchester Offenders Project - Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

15 October 2009

Rochdale is leading the joint commissioning of a Greater Manchester Offenders Project and has been instrumental in negotiating funding from all ten of the area's local authorities and from the ...

Safeguarding - Lincolnshire County Council

15 October 2009

Adult and child protection is given a high priority. The Supporting People team has developed a safeguarding policy and procedure which is now available on the EMRIG website for other authorities to ...

Strategic service review - Bolton

8 October 2009

Example of strategic review of services for older people, including sections analysing quality, performance, outcomes and the difference the programme has achieve to date for older people, together ...

Developing provider inclusion in LAA understanding - Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

21 May 2009

There is good awareness, at provider level, of how individual services complement broader strategies and plans.

Quality Assessment Framework Good Practice Disc - Southend on Sea Borough Council

18 December 2008

A good practice disc has been produced. It looks at all the key areas of the Quality Assessment Framework (QAF).

Service user involvement - Wandsworth London Borough Council

3 July 2008

Wandsworth has a strong and innovative approach to service user involvement through the use of Service User Evaluators.

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Identifying supported housing needs with 'snapshot survey' - Brighton & Hove City Council, 16 March 2006

Publication of all service reviews on website - Wandsworth London Borough Council, 3 July 2008
Focus on improvement - Staffordshire County Council, 15 May 2008
Assessing and prioritising revenue and capital bids for supported housing schemes and services - Suffolk County Council, 8 May 2008
Procurement of floating support - Suffolk County Council, 8 May 2008
The pathways approach - London Borough of Camden Council, 20 March 2008
Risk management - London Borough of Camden Council, 20 March 2008
Access for excluded groups - London Borough of Camden Council, 20 March 2008
High quality service directories - London Borough of Camden Council, 20 March 2008
Integrated provision and management of services - City of Westminster Council, 13 March 2008
Access and referral arrangements - City of Westminster Council, 13 March 2008
Contract monitoring arrangements - City of Westminster Council, 13 March 2008
Work to avoid exclusion from services - City of Westminster Council, 13 March 2008
Improving provider's approach to diversity - City of Westminster Council, 13 March 2008
Reconfiguration of services to address homelessness - City of Westminster Council, 13 March 2008
Championing the Supporting People Programme within the community - Isle of Wight Council, 24 January 2008
Mentoring scheme - Bedfordshire County Council, 10 January 2008
Supporting People partnership guide - Bedfordshire County Council, 10 January 2008
Rent deposit scheme with support - Bedfordshire County Council, 10 January 2008
Balancing cost and quality - Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, 20 December 2007
Directory of services - Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, 20 December 2007

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