85000000
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Health and social work services
NUTS code:
UKE32 -
Sheffield
The proposed service will provide support for:
• people and their children who have experienced domestic abuse, or who are at risk of being abused; and
• who are also in need of short-term, safe, supported accommodation.
21 units of accommodation, will be available for the provision of the service. This is a refuge for women and children and consists of 20 self-contained flats and one self-contained bedsit, usually used for emergencies. The successful provider will need to sign a Service Level Agreement with the Housing Association landlord of the property.
Additionally, the successful provider will be expected to provide:
• a minimum of 41 additional units which can be a mixture of another refuge provision, safe, dispersed properties, or smaller blocks of accommodation; these will be funded through rental income and housing benefit; and
• a further 8 units of safe accommodation, as a minimum, by the end of the first 2 years of the contract period .i.e. a minimum of 70 units in total.