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Supporting People - information for providers and document downloads

We have collected together a number of documents that are required by provider organisations on the Supporting People (SP) programme. These documents form part of the performance and quality returns to the Supporting People Team. There are also some documents that provide useful information.

The documents available to download are:

Accreditation application form

This is the application form that providers use to apply for accreditation. All non-statutory organisations must be successfully accredited to deliver SP grant funded services within North Lincolnshire.

Accreditation application form (116K)

Service review methodology

This document gives guidance for providers on the service review process in North Lincolnshire.

Service review methodology (138K)

Service review procedure

This documents details the procedure North Lincolnshire follows when undertaking a Service Review.

Service review procedure (82K)

Appendix one - service review principles June 2003

This document details the principles of the service review timetable.

Appendix one - service review principles (37K)

Value for money procedure

This document details the approach followed by the council when assessing value for money as part of the service review.

Value for money procedure (447K)

SP value for money template

This is an excel sheet that providers must complete as part of the value for money assessment.

Value for money template (80K)

Value for money questionnaire

This is an excel sheet that providers must complete as part of the value for money assessment.

Value for money questionnaire (202K)

Using the Quality Assessment Framework (QAF) - updated guidance December 2004

This document gives guidance on completing the QAF.

Using the Quality Assessment Framework (133K)

QAF core - revised April 2005

This is the QAF self assessment document for the six core service standards. Providers are required to complete this each year and submit to the SP team.

Quality Assessment Framework core (115K)

QAF supplementary 2004

This is the QAF self assessment document for the eleven supplementary standards.

Quality Assessment Framework supplementary (206K)

QAF lite guidance

This document gives guidance about completing the QAF lite.

Quality Assessment Framework lite guidance (60K)

QAF lite core standards

This is the QAF LITE self assessment document for the six core standards. This should be used by Community Alarms, sole traders and small providers if they employ less than one full time equivalent (FTE) member of staff, have a contract value of less than £5,000 per year and the weekly unit cost is less than £5.

Quality Assessment Framework lite core standards (122K)

QAF summary sheet

This sheet should be used by all providers submitting QAF returns. It is a summary sheet of the standard assessed by the provider.

Quality Assessment Framework summary sheet (11K)

The Performance Framework

This is a guide to the performance monitoring requirements of the Supporting People programme.

The performance framework (56K)

Definitions of performance indicators

This document should be read in conjunction with 'The performance Framework'. It provides detailed definitions of the service performance indicators and the key performance indicators.

Definitions of performance indicators (50K)

Performance work book 2005

This work book should be used by providers to record statistical performance returns. It has to be submitted to the SP team quarterly, no later than two weeks after the end of the quarter. The reporting quarters are:

  • 4/4/05 - 3/07/05
  • 4/07/05 - 2/10/05
  • 3/10/05 - 1/1/06
  • 2/6/06 - 2/04/06.

Performance indicator work book (11K)

Work book worked example - floating

This is a sample work book completed for floating support services. It can be used by providers as guidance.

Work book worked example - floating (119K)

Work book worked example - sheltered

This is a sample work book completed for sheltered housing services. It can be used by providers as guidance.

Work book worked example - sheltered (132K)

Work book worked example - supported housing

This is a sample work book completed for supported housing services. It can be used by providers as guidance.

Work book worked example - supported housing (143K)

Complaints and appeals policy - draft 1

This is the draft complaints and appeals policy. It details the process followed if a service user makes a complaint about a support provider or if a provider wants to complain about the practice/decisions of the SP programme.

Complaints and appeals policy - draft 1 (79K)

Note: The above documents are in either Excel or Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need a suitable reader to view the PDF documents. A reader can be downloaded free from the Adobe website (full instructions for downloading the reader are provided on the site).


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