Supported Housing is a division of Three Rivers that provides accommodation and specialist services to people who need extra staffing support or purpose built accommodation to live independently. The four main types of service are as follows:

• Intensively staffed accommodation for people who are vulnerable, homeless or threatened with homelessness.
• Schemes for people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities or mental health support needs with staff on site.
• Floating support services for people with poor mental health or learning disabilities.
• Small group living homes which are registered with the Commission for Social Care Inspection.

We develop these services in partnership with local authorities, health and primary care trusts. In the main, these are funded through grants either from the Housing Corporation or through local statutory partners.

This relationship with social services, Supporting People authorities and bodies such as National Care Standards means that all services are subject to external quality checks and scrutiny. To ensure that we are meeting all standards and that we are getting things right, we seek feedback from our tenants and agencies who support them through a tenant’s group and surveys.

Directly Managed Schemes
We manage some schemes in-house whereby police checked staff are employed by Three Rivers to provide services. The client groups usually housed in our directly managed schemes are people who are vulnerable or homeless. Agency Managed Schemes
For other specialist services, we work with support and care agencies to provide housing and support. These agencies provide the staffing support for people with poor mental health, learning disabilities and physical disabilities. All agencies undergo a monitoring and approval process with either a health trust or social services prior to working with us. [Referral Process] [Client Groups and Models of Accommodation] [Our Partners] [Directly Managed Schemes]