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Housing Brokerage Pilot
Essex County Council
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Housing Brokerage
Why Housing Brokerage?
What we did
Where we are now
Evaluation
The Future
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Housing Brokerage
Background
ECC & NDTi working in partnership on Housing & Inclusion Project
Housing Brokerage key element of inclusion project
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Housing Brokerage
Why Housing Brokerage?
Valuing People Now says that people with LD should have more choice about their Housing OptionsAnnual Target to decrease residential care services by 5%Mainstream housing needs to be more accessible and inclusive
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Housing BrokerageWhy Housing Brokerage?
Person centred and outcome focussed
Enables people with LD to access a range of Housing Options
Allows people with LD to choose where they live and who they live with
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Housing Brokerage
Issues for ECC
Voids in LD Shared Housing
Properties unsuitable for LD
Nominations agreements and void indemnities
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Housing BrokerageWhat we did
Identified need
Commenced discussions with Dimensions UK
Secured £45k LDDF funding
Agreed area to be covered by pilot
NDTi to produce evaluation in partnership
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Housing Brokerage
Referral Pathways
Inclusion Webs
Joint Referral Meetings
Housing Providers
Practitioner Referrals
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Housing BrokerageReferral Process
Pen Pictures
Local Authority Housing Register
MCA’s
Housing Needs Assessment
Strategic Commissioning gatekeep referrals
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Housing BrokerageWhere we are now
Housing Broker appointed
Dimensions employing organisation
Steering Group with T.O.R
Potential referrals indentified
Pilot launched
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Housing BrokerageNDTi Evaluation
Complete at 9 months
Tools to capture data
What happened against what we intended
Service User feedback/satisfaction
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Housing Brokerage
The Future20-24 cases completed annuallyAccess to a range of housing options from both social and private sectorEffective use of existing housing reducing voids & void costsDeveloping partnerships with Housing ProvidersIncrease use of Assistive TechnologyInform future planning & strategy
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Housing Brokerage
BenefitsDevelop & establish knowledge of what is possibleInform future planning to ensure that housing needs are metEducate and empower people with LD to realise their housing aspirationsGive people with LD choice and control about where they live and who they live with