Issue - meetings

To consider a report by Councillor Bobby Feeley, Lead Member for Social Care, Adult and Children’s Services (copy enclosed) seeking Cabinet approval to extend Clwyd Alyn’s Y Dyfodol contract to 30 September 2018 and investigate further the option of developing a partnership agreement with Clwyd Alyn for delivery of the service after September 2018.

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       approve the extension of Clwyd Alyn’s Y Dyfodol contract to 30 September 2018, and

(b)       approve the proposal to investigate further the option of developing a partnership agreement with Clwyd Alyn for the delivery of the service after September 2018.

Councillor Bobby Feeley presented the report seeking Cabinet approval to extend the Y Dyfodol project contract with Clwyd Alyn Housing Association to 30 September 2018, and investigate further the option of developing a partnership agreement with Clwyd Alyn for delivery of the service after September 2018.

46% of the Supporting People (SP) funded young people provision in Denbighshire was delivered under the Y Dyfodol project which provided 33 units of supported housing.  The current contract ended on 31 March 2017 and the proposed contract variation would extend the contract by a further 18 months resulting in a revised contract value of £2,627,698.10 (the annual cost had already been budgeted for in the SP Grant).  Councillor Feeley elaborated upon the reasoning behind the contract extension in order to remodel Y Dyfodol in collaboration with key stakeholders as part of the development of a broader Young People’s Pathway approach  which had been identified as a priority for service development.  A broad outline and timeline had been agreed and initial discussions had taken place with Clwyd Alyn to deliver the remodelled service. Given the level of spend implications as a result of the contract extension Cabinet approval was required.

The Commissioning and Tendering Officer responded to questions as follows –

·         elaborated upon the intention of the remodelled service to reduce the number of supported accommodation units in favour of a higher staff ratio with one smaller shared higher intensity unit and other dispersed self-contained units

·         explained the rationale that a move to improved interventions at an earlier stage in the new Pathway for young people presenting as homeless would result in a reduced need for support accommodation units

·         advised that ‘floating support workers’ provided support for young people in their own accommodation as opposed to fixed support to a specific address.

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       approve the extension of Clwyd Alyn’s Y Dyfodol contract to 30 September 2018, and

(b)       approve the proposal to investigate further the option of developing a partnership agreement with Clwyd Alyn for the delivery of the service after September 2018.