Following a tender exercise, Bridgend County Borough Council (the Council) wishes to award the following service for a range of housing related services for young people. These services will be delivered in line with three separate contracts (Lots) as detailed:
Lot 1 - Supported Accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds
Lot 2 - Supported Accommodation for 18 - 21 Year Olds, Step Down Accommodation and Floating Support to Young Persons
Lot 3 - Mediation and Advocacy for Young Persons
These Services will build upon existing provision, responding to the needs of and supporting service users, who are homeless / threatened with homelessness and have housing related support needs.
Supported accommodation and other housing related support provision will provide help to vulnerable young people to develop or maintain the skills and confidence necessary to live as independently as possible. Services will have housing, preventing / relieving homelessness and assisting people living in inappropriate institutional settings, at its core. Provision will help vulnerable people address problems, sometimes multiple problems, such as debt, employment, tenancy management, substance misuse, and mental health issues.
Provision will support the vision of the Welsh Government Housing Support Grant, “A Wales where nobody is homeless and everyone has a safe home where they can flourish and live a fulfilled, active and independent life”.
Services will support the prevention and wellbeing agenda of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 and the pending Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act 2026, Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.