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CONFIDENTIAL Standardised Regional Payment Rates fo r Supporting People Services Public Consultation Event Working draft for discussion subject to change, for internal use by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive only Draft 1 Welcome
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Adele Faulkner
Supporting People Contract Manager Housing Executive
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Public Consultation event today
Review
Options
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Consultation
Standardised Regional Payment Rates for Supporting People Services
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Public Consultation pened 21 June 2019 O Public Consultation Events 29 July – 02 Aug 2019 Public Consultation Close 29 Aug 2019 Programme of Engagement on SRPR
Why we are here
We are seeking feedback on the options f the implementation of the standardised regional payment rates on Supporting People funded services. Our objective is to identify the best optio and approach for implementing recommendation 5 of a Ministerial Revie
Scope of consultation.
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Implementation Options
Four options have been developed for implementing the rates:
Option 1 Maintain Status Quo Option 2 Apply standardised payment rates to new, replacement and remodelled/reconfigured schemes. Option 3
services within the year 2020/21. Option 4 Adopt a phased approach to standardising payment rates, starting with new/remodelled services, then floating support services and then all remaining services within a specific timeframe (with the exception of a small number of accommodation based services). Online Survey Open until Thursday 29 August 2019
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Anne Sweeney
Assistant Director, Strategic Partnerships Housing Executive
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Supporting People Programme in Northern Ireland
Overview of housing support
SUPPORTING PEOPLE
people to live more independently and maintain their tenancies
services to prevent problems that can
hospitalisation, institutional care or homelessness
transition to independent living for those leaving an institutionalised environment
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rovide information and dvice to assist ulnerable people to live ndependently in the
he services are specified in he Housing Support ervices Regulations Northern Ireland) 2003 Support is provided on short- term or long- term basis
SUPPORT DELIVERED
delivered by a range of staff of different qualifications and skill mix
jointly by the SP and Health and Social Care Trusts
housing support is typically delivered by qualified workers who also deliver the care or social support
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Purpose of Supporting People Grant
Supporting People provides grant funding specifically to provide vulnerable people with housing support
Funding allocation
£72.8m (2019/20) provided by the Department for Communities.
People Services Housing support must, by definition, provide support to the service user in relation to housing-related tasks. Eligible support services are detailed in Article 4 of the Housing Order 2002 As well as services which are directly delivered to people, some indirect costs can be met from the SP grant.
effectively and training costs
−Initial start-up costs only −Office equipment www.nihe.gov.uk/Working-With-Us/Supporting-people
Supporting People Review
Review
Department for Communities, 2015
The Department for Social Development, now the Department for Communities, gave a commitment to review the Supporting People programme within the Facing the Future: Northern Ireland Housing Strategy Action Plan 2012 – 2017.
aims, delivering significant Quality of life benefits.
further improve the impact of the programme, its economy and efficiency.
featured across most client groups, within the programme.
and rationale which justifies the wide range of cost variation.
seen as a means of addressing equality and better VFM
Recommendation 5: Standardised regional payment rates should be developed for Supporting People services, based on the existing project banding system, and in consultation with service providers. The new rates should ensure all schemes represent value for money.
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Alistair Mawhinney
Financial Development Manager Supporting People, Housing Executive
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HOW have we got here?
Standardised Regional Payment Rates for Supporting People Services
External Proposed Proposed Options for Consultants payment rates payment rates implementation appointed developed reviewed consulted on
w have we got e
Health and Social Care (HSC) Boards and Trusts representatives attended workshops, event, meetings and survey. Department of Health engaged through workshop and partner meetings. Department for Communities undertook the review, recommended the standardisation of the payment rates and continue to engage through work. Representatives of SP in Wales, which recently modified its payment system, were interviewed to understand the transformation.
Sector Engagement:
Representatives from the providers of SP were engaged through a provider workshop, PCG working groups, engagement events & survey. Representatives of the Department of Justice & Ho the Probation Board for NIh er were engaged through workshops and partner meetings. CRISPP members engaged through 1:1 interviews and the workshop
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WHAT is the common basis of payment?
The standardised payment system consists of the following elements
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Standardised basis
Weekly unit rate has been identified as the proposed
standard basis of payment
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The hourly rate is standardised for Accommodation-
Standardisation:
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Hourly rate
based and Floating support services separately
Standardisation:
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Housing support hours
Housing support hours per person per week are standardised on a PCG basis.
Rate Calculation Standard Hourly Standard Number of Weekly Unit Rate Rate Hours per week *
* Refinement process in progress
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HOW is the payment determined?
Hourly rate will be estimated based on bottom-up analysis
Support Worker- Band 3 Support worker Frontline
rate
Management service types based on provider data costs
On-costs
reduced for the purposes of the calculation.
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Floating support
£15.87
services
per client per hour
Accommodation-
£14.61
based services
per client per hour
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WHAT are some key themes?
Engagement to date has identified some key themes
In Info forma rmatio tion S haring
standardised number of hours per week.
Contribution not full cost recovery. Continue to refine, gather information and update model. Model developed under assumption of utilising current budget provision.
Other
Rates mean calculating
ultimate decision on how to manage staffing is at the discretion of SP funded organisations. Needs Assessment is not in the scope of this work.
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Implementation Options
Four options have been developed for implementing the rates:
Option 1 Maintain Status Quo Introduce standardised regional payment rates to all current services within the year 2020/21. Adopt a phased approach to standardising payment rates, starting with new/remodelled services, then floating support services and then all remaining services within a specific timeframe (with the exception of a small number of accommodation based services). Option 4 Option 2 Option 3 Apply standardised payment rates to new, replacement and remodelled/reconfigured schemes. Next Step
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