Un-Regulated Accommodation and Support Pathway Alignment

Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest county council in England covering an area of 3,500 square kilometres. It has an annual expenditure of over £1.7bn on goods and services and a population of 1.6m. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 309 parish/town councils. The Council is working to redesign and align the accommodation and support pathway for Care Leavers, Children in Care and homeless 16- and 17-year-olds. This includes purchasing a good range of stable, safe, and well-maintained accommodation and support services that are flexible to meet individual and changing demands. The specifications for the proposed new services and pathway are currently being developed with key stakeholders and will be shared later. However, the key principles of each of the new services, we foresee, will remain the same but could be subject to change. Lot decisions to be decided following market engagement and specification development.