Administration

All referrals into mental health services (both long and short term) funded by Supporting People are now made through the Mental Health Allocations Panel.

If you would like to refer someone in your care or you yourself require supported housing and have a mental health problem you must complete a Supported Housing Assessment Form and send it to Eileen Jenkins (Panel Administrator) at Housing Solutions, Bournemouth Borough Council, St. Stephens Road, Bournemouth, BH2 6DY. 

If it is an emergency you can fax the form to Eileen on 01202 454624 but please telephone first on 01202 451265 to let her know you are making an emergency referral.

It is really important that the form is fully completed so that the panel members are as informed as they can be about a person’s background in order to make a well informed decision about the referral. 

Care Co-ordinators are invited to the meeting to answer questions and provide additional information as required.

Service Providers who have vacancies are invited to the relevant part of the meeting to hear the cases and inform the discussion as and when required in terms of their Service.

Following a decision by the panel, a person will be contacted by their Care Co-ordinator to progress the referral with the allocated Service Provider or Service staff.

All progress must be fed back to our Panel Administrator (Eileen Jenkins) so that she can update the online directory and the next panel meeting.  Where a person’s referral is not successful they will go back to the next panel meeting to look at alternative options.

Please be aware that Service Providers will not accept direct referrals from individuals or agencies.  Any referral must go through the panel.

Online Directory

Our online directory lists the services which are subject to the allocations panel and also states whether a service has a current vacancy. 

Please take a look and if you find a service which looks appropriate to you or the person you are referring please state it as a preference on your Supported Housing Assessment Form.

Panel Membership

The Panel is made up of representatives from the following agencies:

Housing Solutions (voting member)

Community Care (Chair and voting member)

Social Inclusion Team (voting member)

Supporting People (voting member)

Housing Support Access & Referral Worker (panel administrator)

Frequency of Panel Meetings

Meetings occur every first and third Tuesday in the month.

2008 Meeting Dates and Venues 

All meetings are 0930 - 1200 unless stated otherwise

    21 October - Hahnemann House

    04 November - Hahnemann House

    18 November - Hahnemann House

    02 December - The Willows, Bournemouth Town Hall

    16 December - The Willows, Bournemouth Town Hall

2009 Meeting Dates and Venues

All meetings will be held in The Willows meeting room (Bournemouth Town Hall), unless stated otherwise

All meetings are 0930 - 1200

6th January - to be confirmed

20th January

3rd February

17th February

3rd March

17th March

7th April - to be confirmed

21st April

5th May

19th May

9th June

23rd June

7th July

21st July

4th August

18th August

8th September

22nd September

6th October

20th October

3rd November

17th November

8th December

22nd December

Useful Documents

Terms of Reference

Supported Housing Assessment Form

Process Flowchart

Useful Contacts

Andrew Curry Team Manager - Integrated Community Team Mental Health (Panel Chair) 01202 584443

Eileen Jenkins - Housing Support Access & Referral Worker (Panel Administrator) 01202 451265

Tracey Kybert – Supporting People Service Development Officer 01202 458905