Market Position Statement 2025 to 2040 for Services for Working Age Adults with Long-Term Needs - Future of Supported Living

1. Agreed a co-produced vision of the market, choice/diversity of service models and ownership of Supported Living developments with ASC Operations and other key stakeholders
2. Clarity on what good looks like for continuous improvement – best practice – support and housing drawing on Housing LIN, BILD, PBS and market engagement (national, regional and local innovations)
3. Secure partnership- orientated providers with the right values, right skills and specialist expertise to enable the best outcomes for people with Learning Disabilities, Mental -Ill Health, Autism and other needs
4. Our providers have the right positive behaviour to ‘never give up’ and be flexible in providing high-quality specialist support for all cohorts of need
5. Council to have 100% nomination rights to a diverse range of accommodation units which are specifically designed for learning disability, mental ill-health and autism. Council to hold a list of people for vacancies and prioritise for being referred
6. Programme of new development of supported housing up to 2040 which providers, landlords and the Council work in partnership in delivering and managing
7. Regional/sub-regional collaboration to develop cross-boundary provision for very specialist cohorts
8. Continuous Quality and Improvement Programme to support providers to have higher service quality levels (not just CQC)
9. Outcomes developed as performance measures and piloted with providers
10. To develop the small and medium sized Supported Living sector including Shared Lives, Small Supports and using Individual Service Funds (ISFs)
11. Approach to planning new supported living for the Transition to Adulthood cohorts
12. Clear agreed approach on how the Council and health specialisms will support people in Supported Living
13. Agree future commissioning model and tender specification – have a very clear approach to different specialisms.

• To jointly commission more community-based and Borough-wide support services for people with autism, mental ill-health and other assessed needs to meet support requirements as close to home as possible and in a timely, outcomes-focussed way; to promote and sustain health and wellbeing, and maximising independence
• To co-design and co-produce Supported Living services that are outcomes-focussed, high quality and progressive, preferably with clients supported in General Needs Housing with associated commissioning and payment mechanisms that reward outcomes achieved, increase enablement and transitions onto independence
• Where accommodation is commissioned from a Supported Living provider to ensure that it is high quality, modern accommodation preferably based on a core and cluster model
• We would expect service providers to have explored the role and potential of technology enabled care (TEC) and assistive technologies to complement traditional models of care, bringing associated efficiencies; improved oversight and intelligence across the supported living market improving the care and support experience of our Walsall citizens.

Below is a table of information about the Supported Living Framework contract.

The current Supported Living Framework commenced on 1st April 2021 for an initial 2- year term. The Framework was re-opened in January 2023 and there have been 3 subsequent one-year extensions up until 26th January 2026.