Supporting People is a programme funded by Cambridgeshire County Council which funds, commissions and monitors housing related support services. This is done in partnership with local housing authorities, social care services, health, probation, registered social landlords users and their carers and the voluntary and private sectors.
The programme is managed by a small team who are placed in the Adult Social Care Directorate and are located in Cambridge. A structure chart can be found in the publications at the bottom of the page.
Housing related support services are aimed at helping people live independently in their homes. Details of what is funded by Supporting People can be found on Your Life, Your Choice.
Floating Support Services
The Programme has recently commissioned a County Wide Floating Support service to support a range of clients, aged 16 - 64 who may have a need to access housing related support with tasks around prevention and tenancy sustainment. This may be to:
- stop them losing a tenancy, perhaps moving to more suitable accommodation
- provide assistance in understanding bills and budgeting
- help to access other services ie day time activity
- support to access the community
- help with other general housing related type support.
There are two providers that cover the County.
- The Cambridge Housing Society PIP consortium, which covers Huntingdonshire and East Cambridgeshire
- Circle Support, covering Cambridge City, South Cambridgeshire and Fenland.
The services do not offer care but cover housing related support and preventative work.
An assessment will be carried out for prospective clients to decide the level of support required. It may be time limited or could be longer term - up to 2 years - to help maintain someone in their own home.
Details of how to contact the providers can be found in the document below.
The leaflets below contain more information about the providers.