Supporting People

What is Supporting People?

The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by providing a stable environment which enables greater independence. It delivers high quality and strategically planned housing-related support services which are cost effective, reliable and complement existing care services.

Supporting People is a working partnership of local government, service users and support agencies.

What does it cover?

The Supporting People programme covers only housing related support services. These services aim to:

• Develop an indivdiual's capacity to live independently or sustain their capacity to do so
• Help to expand the tenancy choices for people.  This includes people who might be in care or in danger of becoming homeless
• Provide immediate refuge

It does not cover care, personal support or housing management.

Currently, the programme funds support services for the groups:-

• Older people with support needs
• Offenders or people at risk of offending
• People with drug and/or alcohol problems
• People with a physical or sensory disability
• People with HIV/AIDS
• People with learning disabilities
• People with mental health needs
• Refugees
• Single homeless people with support needs
• Teenage parents
• Women fleeing domestic violence
• Young people at risk

For further information download the Supporting People Service Directory

Contact us

For further information please contact the Supporting People Team:

Email: supportingpeople@rotherham.gov.uk

Telephone: 01709 334043

 Last update: 12/12/2011