Market Position Statement 2025 to 2040 for Services for Working Age Adults with Long-Term Needs - Current Supply of Services
Supported Living
The current position (Early 2025) with Supported Living commissioned by Adult Social Care is shown in the below table.
| Supported Living Provider market in Walsall - Early 2025 | Numbers |
|---|---|
| Estimated number of CQC registered Supported Living providers in Walsall (WM ADASS Hub) | 60 |
| Estimated number of providers on Walsall Council’s Supported Living Framework | 75 (not all in Borough) |
| Council contracts being continued with Supported Living Framework (to Jan 2027) | 34 providers |
| Number of LOTs on the Supported Living Framework | 7 |
| Number of Walsall service users of Council commissioned Supported Living | 320 (34 are not Walsall citizens 10.6%) |
| In Borough Supported Living placements | 255 |
| Out of Borough Supported Living placements | 65 (20% of placements) |
| Number of vacancies in Walsall Supported Living Framework | 65 vacancies in 27 locations |
| Number of supported living providers onboarded to work with the Council since 1st April 2024 | 0 |
| Number of supported living providers exiting the market since 1st April 2024 | 2 |
| Budget for supported living 24/25 | £23.626m |
| Estimated spend on supported living 24/25 | £25.617m |
Shared Lives Provider Market
Shared Lives is a Council in-house provider market. This is the most recent data (Early 2025) below on the Shared Lives household/ provider market.
| Shared Lives Provider market in Walsall - Early 2025 | Numbers |
|---|---|
| Estimated number of Shared Lives households/ providers in Walsall | 46 |
| Number of Council supported adults in Shared Lives | 63 |
| Number of Shared Lives households onboarded to work with the Council since 1st April 2024 | 2 |
| Number of Shared Lives households exiting the market since 1st April 2024 | 1 |
| Budget for Shared Lives 24/25 | £1.321m |
| Spend on Shared Lives 24/25 | £1.33m |
Below is a breakdown of the types of support currently provided by the Walsall Shared Lives carers . The highest proportion of support is longterm care which equates to 38% of all support, with day and evening support at 17%. Some Shared Lives carers provide a mixture of support. Only 1 carer provides all types of support.
Over 73% of the carers are over the age of 50 highlighting a risk factor with regards to longevity of the service provision being able to be provided, particularly where the service provision is high needs. In addition to the age profiling, 32% of people have been a Shared Lives Carer for over 10 years, with only 9% of individuals having been a carer for less than a year.
In light of this, it highlights a need to seek to develop younger carers, particularly as 7% of service users are under 30, highlighting a risk to the sustainability of these packages of care. Of the carers who have stopped being a Shared Lives Carer in the past 5 years within Walsall, half of those were due to retirement or passing away which also highlights an age factor impact.
Enablement Service
| Enablement Provider market in Walsall - Early 2025 | Numbers |
|---|---|
| Enablement, Employment Support -in-house provider | 1 |
| Number of Council supported adults whose packages are provided by this provider | 423 |
| Enablement service | 267 |
| Employment service | 134 |
| Costed enablement | 14 |
| Brain in Hand | 27 |
| Just Checking | 21 |
| Travel Training | 0 |
Micro-Commissioned Bespoke Services
| Micro-Commissioned Provider market in Walsall - 14 Local Authority Cases - Early 2025 | Numbers |
|---|---|
| Estimated number of micro-commissioned highly specialist providers in Walsall | 1 with a new tender for 4 more specialist providers |
| Number of Council supported adults whose packages are micro-commissioned individually | 14 |
| Number of providers onboarded to work with the Council since 1st April 2024 | 1 |
| Estimated spend on individually micro-commissioned packages 24/25 | £3.024m |