A registered, safeguarding-led service for young people — built to Ofsted’s supported accommodation requirements and the realities of the cohort you will support.
Providers accommodating looked-after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17 must be registered with Ofsted as supported accommodation — an unregistered service in this space is now an offence. Registration demands a genuine model: a statement of purpose matched to your intended cohort, leadership that understands adolescent risk, and safeguarding systems built for exploitation, missing episodes and contextual harm.
We build the whole provision: the accommodation and support model, the referral and matching approach, risk assessment frameworks that reflect real cohort risks, staffing and training plans, and the multi-agency working arrangements — social workers, IROs, police, health — that these placements depend on.
Commercially, we structure placement costings that local authorities will engage with: support hours evidenced against need, accommodation costs separated correctly, and uplift mechanisms for escalating risk.
Ofsted and placing authorities both look for the same signals: providers who match rather than merely accept referrals, who evidence how they respond to missing episodes and exploitation risk within the first hours, whose staff are trained for the actual cohort, and whose records demonstrate professional curiosity rather than incident logging. Weak providers in this sector fail publicly and fast. Our builds put safeguarding depth and evidential discipline at the centre, because that is what keeps young people safe and services credible.
We define your provision, capacity and cohort, and map the Ofsted supported accommodation registration requirements and timeline.
Risk assessment, missing-from-care, exploitation response, matching and support planning frameworks are built for adolescent realities.
The Registered Manager and staffing model are prepared, and the application and interviews are supported through to registration.
Referral response, placement costing and multi-agency working arrangements are prepared so your first placements are structured, priced and safe.
Yes — supported accommodation providers for looked-after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17 must register with Ofsted, and operating unregistered is an offence. We prepare the registration as a core part of this package.
From evidenced need: assessed risk and support hours, staffing ratios including waking or sleep-in cover where justified, accommodation costs correctly separated, and management overhead. Authorities challenge round numbers; they engage with evidenced ones. Our costing model is built to be defended line by line.
This is where providers lose money and credibility — or protect both. Your placement agreements should define review triggers and uplift mechanisms before crisis hits, and our documentation builds them in, alongside MDT and professionals-meeting support when escalation happens.
Providers planning or operating 16–18 supported living and supported accommodation services.
Plan a registered, safeguarding-led provision with realistic costings and multi-agency credibility.