Support Solutions “Invest In Prevention”

Support Solutions?

Established in 1991Investment In Preventative ServicesSocial InvestmentSocial Return on Investment (SROI)Working with CCGsIntensive Housing ManagementRevenue

Support Solutions?

The BriefingBlogSocial Media

Current PreoccupationsFunding: Social Investment, SROI, Intensive

Housing Management, NHS funding for prevention

Strategic positioning for providers in a time of paradigm shift

Free, high quality information resources & “at cost” events for people involved in housing support & social care

Welfare Reform, Universal Credit & Exempt Accommodation

Areas of Current Professional Focus

Working with the NHS & Clinical Commissioning Groups

Revenue for housing support & social careSocial InvestmentSocial Return on Investment (SROI)Intensive Housing ManagementFree Briefings: e.g. Welfare Reform &

Universal Credit

Welfare Reform & Universal CreditDeliver training events & conferences across

the UKAuthor of high profile articlesRespond to Government ConsultationsWork directly with clients to prepare for changeCorrectly predict the nature of changeDeveloping a knowledge base for the Sector

through our social media presence

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Social Return on Investment (SROI)

Developing expertise & resources on calculating SROI

Collaborating with providers & experts to calculate SROI

Working with statutory sector partners to promote cost-benefit of prevention

Assisting providers to adapt to change

Social Investment

Raising the profile & significance of Social Investment as a form of funding

Researching Social Investment & its relevance to the sector

Collaborating with others to communicate its nature & significance

Developing thinking about new funding paradigms

Working with CCGs/The NHSAcknowledged national expertsDelivering UK wide training events with

this as a major themeIdentified relationships between funding

for prevention and Social & Financial Return on Investment

Identified significance of payment by results & outcomes to NHS funding

Intensive Housing Management

Responsible for reintroducing “Intensive Housing Management” to the Sector & getting it funded

Defined what it meansGiven the Sector a firmer revenue position

as a consequenceCorrectly predicted its survival with the

advent of Welfare Reform

Learning & Development & Coaching

Continue to organise high quality “at cost” learning & development events & conferences

Excellent reputation for these events: several thousand attendees each year

Coaching approach for smaller groups of people from service delivery to Board level

The BriefingHugely popular, web-based & widely

circulated & free electronic magazineDeals with all aspects of housing support

& social careInfluences people & organisationsPublished whenever a relevant issue

ariseswww.supportsolutions.co.uk/services/briefing.html

Support Solutions Social MediaSocial media output distributed via our

Twitter feeds (@SuppSolutions, @PreventionTweet & @FundingHelper) & Facebook Page (Support Solutions Ltd)

Deals with all aspects of housing support & social care

Advertises tenders and jobsHas discussion & resource threads & linkswww.supportsolutions.co.uk/blog/blog.html

Values & BeliefsWe do believe in our work, the ultimate goal

of which is better lives for people who are housed &/or supported by our clients

We are staunchly independent & consider social policy & its impact objectively

We identify with the diversity of our sector & the needs within it

We are enablers, collaborators & facilitators