Freedom of information response

1: The minimum, maximum and average rates paid to independent providers for the delivery of care and support to adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health?

Learning Disabilities: min £18.96pw, max £3,600pw, average £556.13pw

Mental Health: min £120.pw, max £2,354.pw, average £571.72pw

Physical Disability: min £38pw max £4,500pw, average £557.51pw

2: The minimum, maximum and average rates paid to independent providers for the delivery of care and support to young adults 16-25 with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health?

Max. £20,555.00pw

Min. £12.00pw

Average. £1,569.99pw

3: What are your minimum room sizes and property requirements eg, is an open plan kitchen suitable? do you require all ensuites and a separate living and dining room?

Please refer to our standards required for Houses of Multiple Occupation in relation to room sizes and shared facilities.

Thurrock Council - Essex amenity standards for Houses in Multiple Occupation

4: What type of supported living services are needed in (your local authority, learning disabilities, mental health, section 117, section 17, informal) ?

We are in the process of producing a new commissioning strategy for working age adults which we anticipate will be available next May.

5:  As a new service who do we contact about setting up a supported living service?

Please email ASCcommissioning@thurrock.gov.uk

6:  What type of services are you looking to commission now, for example is it Supported Living18-65 for people leaving long term inpatient treatment?

We are in the process of producing a new commissioning strategy for working age adults which we anticipate will be available next May.

7: Do we need to apply for a local authority contract to order to register as a supported living service if so, where do we apply?

Please see link which provides information in regards to where our tenders are published and how you can register https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/our-contract-opportunities/new-contract-opportunities. Additionally, these services are usually spot purchased, not tendered.

8: What are the brokerage contact details?

AdultBrokerage - AdultBrokerage@thurrock.gov.uk

9: Who are the mental health and learning disabilities commissioners?

ASCcommissioning@thurrock.gov.uk

10: Who is the local finance officer and their contact details?

We are unable to provide the contact details of staff members who are below the Assistant Director Role under Section 40.

11)Who is the mental health commissioner and their contact details?

We are unable to provide the contact details of staff members who are below the Assistant Director Role under Section 40.

Unfortunately we are unable to provide in full the information you have requested.  We do hold the information but an absolute exemption applies.  Personal Information (Section 40,2) 

Personal data of any other person (third party data) is exempt under section 40(2) if disclosure would breach one of the data protection principles. This aspect of Section 40 is an Absolute Exemption and is therefore not subject to the Public Interest Test. 

The names of officers working for the Council is personal data specific to them. It is therefore subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act. Information can be withheld if its disclosure would be likely to breach one or more of the Principles of the Data Protection Act. There is no prior expectation on the part of team Managers (or other officers working below the level of Director) that their names and job titles / positions would be published into the wider public domain under FOI. A disclosure made under FOI constitutes a publication to the world at large. We believe that to disclose this would be likely to breach the first Principle of the Data Protection Act by unfairly contravening their right to privacy and confidentiality in the work place.  

However, in the interests of transparency we are able to share details relating to senior officers (Director  level and above). For these officers, there is already a greater expectation of openness about their role given their level of accountability for service provision and budgetary decision making.  

For your information please see the following link which outlines staff details of Director and above: https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/chief-executive-directors-and-services