Issue - meetings

1.         That agreement to invest to build long term supported living accommodation for ten adults with autism and high support needs at Lindon Farm be approved.

2.         That authority be delegated to the Chief Property Officer, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Business Services and Resident Experience for awarding the contract for developing the site and construction of the supported living accommodation.

3.         That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Adult Social Care and Public Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Wellbeing and Independence to award the contract for the provision of care services to the residents once construction has been completed.

Reasons for Decisions:

There was growing demand for, and a shortage of, accessible accommodation with care and support for young adults with autism and high support needs in Surrey.  

Introducing this report, the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Wellbeing and Independence said that this paper set out the business case for the construction of long term supported living accommodation for ten young adults at Lindon Farm and sought Cabinet approval for capital investment.  It set out how the development would deliver better outcomes by enabling young people to live in Surrey near their families and support network, in specialist accommodation with appropriate space and access to activities. 

He said that other options had included providing for more than 10 individuals but were discounted because Transforming Care did not recommend large groups of adults with autism and high support needs living in a single development because of the risks of it becoming an institutional facility.

The building would be designed by the appointed architect, in consultation with all relevant stakeholders and the financial information relating to the business case was set out in a Part 2 report to be considered later in the meeting.

Finally, he said that this approach aligned with the Council’s strategic goal of ‘wellbeing’ and the accommodation with care and support strategy, and also supported the national direction of travel set out in the Transforming Care Programme.

Other Members had an opportunity to comment on the proposals and were pleased to support this investment. A summary of the Equality Impact Assessment had been included within the report and stated that there were no potential negative impacts that could not be mitigated.

RESOLVED:

1.         That agreement to invest to build long term supported living accommodation for ten adults with autism and high support needs at Lindon Farm be approved.

2.         That authority be delegated to the Chief Property Officer, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Business Services and Resident Experience for awarding the contract for developing the site and construction of the supported living accommodation.

3.         That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Adult Social Care and Public Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Wellbeing and Independence to award the contract for the provision of care services to the residents once construction has been completed.

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