Home care for Leicestershire 2027
Description: Leicestershire County Council (the Authority) is committed to the delivery of high-quality Adult Social Care Services and Health Care Services within Home Care for residents of Leicestershire who are assessed as requiring Home Care. The Authority wishes to work in 'Partnership' with independent sector Home Care Providers ("Providers"), who can demonstrate and maintain quality standards in line with the Council's Service Specification ("Specification"), which has at its core the Care Quality Commission's Regulations and is in accordance with the Care Act 2014. Providers are required to deliver services focusing on the health, safety, enablement, progression and wellbeing of people who require such services. They must enable people to gain, maintain or regain skills to help them live independently and recover from illness. The Service, wherever possible, supports people (read more...)
Summary: Leicestershire County Council is seeking independent home-care providers to deliver adult social care and healthcare to residents assessed as needing support at home. Services are intended to promote people’s health, safety, wellbeing and independence, helping them gain, maintain or regain skills and recover from illness. They should also help prevent avoidable hospital or residential-care admissions and support people leaving hospital or other building-based care. The requirement covers two service types: maintenance home care and live-in or 24-hour care. Care is to be delivered in Leicestershire. The council intends to work in partnership with providers that can meet its service specification, which is founded on Care Quality Commission regulations and the Care Act 2014.