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Putting the Programme into Practice
Support Planning: The Essential Guide to Outcome Focused and User-Directed Support PlanningAuthor: Ray Sawyer-James This publication aims to offer guidance on best practice in the provision of housing related support services and is specifically written for those providing or working in sheltered/supported housing services. Subjects covered include:
More details can be found here. Supporting People: Service Review and Budget Change Impact MonitoringThis is an analysis of the first set of Supporting People Service Review and Budget Change Impact Monitoring Template returns from local authorities. These returns have been analysed by the Analytical Services Division (ASD) of the Scottish Executive Development Department. The report gives a short background to the Service Review process before moving onto detailed consideration of the particular sections of the template. The whole document is available on the Scottish Government's Website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1035/0027287.pdf Authors: Scottish Executive People Assisted Through Supporting People Funding 2006/07This bulletin presents key statistics on clients assisted through Supporting People funding during 2006-07. Summary information has been provided at both national and local authority level. The whole document is available on the Scottish Government's website here. Authors: Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication People Assisted Through Supporting People Funding 2005/06This bulletin presents key statistics on clients assisted through Supporting People funding during 2005-06. Summary information has been provided at both national and local authority level. The whole document is available on the Scottish Government's website here. Authors: Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication People Assisted Through Supporting People Funding 2004/05This bulletin presents key statistics on clients assisted through Supporting People funding during the period 2004-05. Summary information has been provided at both national and local authority level. The whole document is available on the Scottish Government's website here. Authors: Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication People Assisted Through Supporting People Funding 2003/04This bulletin presents key statistics on people assisted through Supporting People funding during the period 2003-04. Summary information has been provided at both national and local authority level. This is the first year for which data have collected and it is intended to review the content for future bulletins. The whole document is available on the Scottish Government's Website at www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/03/20907/55331 Authors: Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication Mental Health and Social Exclusion: Social Exclusion Unit ReportAuthor: Social Exclusion Unit Abstract: In Spring 2003, the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister asked the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU) to consider what more could be done to reduce social exclusion among adults with mental health problems. The project focused on people of working age, and considered two main questions:
The full report does acknowledge the contribution that Supporting People can make although it is disappointing that the summary does not. Chapter 8 - Getting The Basics Right concludes that stable housing, help with finances, and access to transport are crucial, both to promote positive mental health, and to enable people to find jobs or take up other opportunities in the community. The report mentions Supporting People in this chapter: Chapter 9 - The Government's Action Plan, outlines how the government intends to tackle the issues raised in the report with particular attention given to:
The report outlines the action that should be taken to combat social exclusion. Item 17 discusses housing saying that The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and the Housing Corporation will draw up guidance for local authorities and registered social landlords on preventing and managing rent arrears to enable tenants to sustain their tenancies. The number of people with mental health problems assisted by the Supporting People programme is included in the performance indicator for this. The Summary is available at the beginning of the report. In Need of Support?: A Survey of Supporting People Providers Six Months onKey findings of the research are in relation to how well informed providers felt before the transition from Transitional Housing Benefit to Supporting People, the proportion of providers with contracts six months after the transition, how well the transition went, whether providers experienced cash flow difficulties and how providers have been affected by the voids calculation. Author: Andrew Waugh |
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