Supported accommodation, property and staffing

Options for Local Authority commissioners supporting young people aged 16+, with suitability, scope, price and mobilisation arrangements confirmed in writing.

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Emergency, complex and solo placements

Dedicated accommodation and an individual staffing plan where sharing is unsafe, urgent stabilisation is needed or a young person is stepping down from residential care.

Solo accommodation from £595/week Open offer

Accommodation only, with a dedicated keyworker allocated. Support hours are charged separately.

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UASC 16+ and post-18 continuity

A culturally responsive 16+ placement and a planned post-18 route that protects home, education and trusted relationships as responsibilities and funding change.

Shared or solo model, quoted from the referral. Open offer

Shared and commissioned group provision

Matched shared homes and commissioned group provision. Who lives together, who staffs it and what it costs are agreed before anyone moves in.

24/7 group provision from £995/bed/week Open offer

Only where a whole home of 5 to 6 beds is commissioned for 12 months. The standard bed rate is £1,195.

Property and staffing for partners

Compliant housing, a deployment-ready young-person workforce, or both, with ownership and mobilisation defined before the first shift or arrival.

Deployment-ready staffing from £25.50/hour Open offer

Staffing bought on its own, commissioned for 12 weeks or more. Without a minimum term the rate is £27 an hour.

Property only

A furnished, compliance-checked property leased to the authority, which supports the occupant itself. TIFA has no involvement with the person living there.

Compliant property from £85/night Open offer

Solo property, £595 a week, billed weekly whether or not occupied. Your own team provides the support.

Post-18 accommodation

For the leaving-care team planning an 18th birthday. The contract, rate and funding route change; where the accommodation still suits, the home and the workers do not.

Post-18 UASC £38.50/night Open offer

Full accommodation-led charge, £269.50 a week. Housing-cost payments reduce the authority contribution, not this charge.

All rates are guides; the written offer confirms suitability, staffing, property, reporting, term, exclusions and VAT. See the full guide rate card.

How placements are assessed and monitored

A named senior lead owns the decision. The property, peers, staffing and worker competence are matched to the referral. Price, on-call cover and escalation routes are confirmed before arrival.

After placement, the daily logs, the rota actually worked and every incident remain visible through TIFA Connect.

Commissioners new to this market usually start with what supported accommodation is, and where it stops, which sets out the difference between supported accommodation and a registered care setting. For what the process looks like from your side of it, see what happens after a referral is submitted. And where you are comparing providers rather than placing today, how to choose a supported accommodation provider in Wales sets out the questions worth asking each of them.

How we work with commissioners

TIFA Life is not a CIW-registered children's home or care service. We accept placements only where needs can be safely met within our supported accommodation model.

Make a referral

A senior lead will respond in writing within 24 hours and confirm a suitability decision within one working day, with same-day capability for emergencies.

Make a referral 01792 677275