Supported Living

Supported Living

Supported living for young people, particularly care leavers transitioning to independence, is one of the most outcome-intensive commissioning environments in children's services. Local authority commissioners and leaving care teams procuring supported living contracts are evaluating responses on the evidence of your independence pathway model, your tenancy sustainment approach, and your outcomes data — not your description of the support you intend to provide. A response that describes a key worker model without evidencing outcomes will not score at the top of the framework.

Evaluation criteria for supported living contracts focus on your key worker model and relationship approach, your independence skills building methodology, your tenancy sustainment outcome data, your approach to financial capability and employment readiness, your multi-agency working with Leaving Care teams, mental health services, employment support, and housing providers, and your specific capability with young people who have complex needs including trauma, mental health challenges, and substance misuse backgrounds.

TenderLab builds supported living responses around your key worker model and your independence outcomes evidence. We work with your service team to capture the tenancy sustainment data, the independence skills progression evidence, and the multi-agency working arrangements that commissioners score most highly in supported living procurement, and structure your submission to demonstrate that your service delivers long-term stability — not just short-term support.