Supported accommodation

Setting up a service and its premises, SA Prepare, pricing, moving in and notifications.

Set up a supported accommodation service and its premises Company admins only

A supported accommodation service is the registered unit, and its premises are the addresses beneath it. How to set up both, and what each premises needs.

Move a young person in, and the Regulation 28 notice Anyone in the home

Record where a young person moves in, their legal status and any flags. The admission and discharge notices to the host local authority appear as tasks.

Move from SA Prepare to the per-place price Company admins only

When Ofsted registers your service, enter its URN. The service moves to the per-place price and the locked records open.

Pricing and what you are billed for Company admins only

Supported accommodation is billed per place: £25 a month, or £250 a year, with a minimum of 3 places. Which places count, and when a premises starts to be billed.

Regulation 27 notifications and restraint Managers only

When ARC prompts you to notify Ofsted of a serious event, what to record, and how restraint is followed up.

SA Prepare Company admins only

A £29 a month plan for a supported accommodation service that is applying to register with Ofsted. What is open and what is locked.

When a young person turns 18 Anyone in the home

What changes on the 18th birthday: the 18+ flag, the tasks that stop, and what stays the same.

When a premises starts to be billed Company admins only

A new premises is pending and not billed. It opens when its first young person moves in, and billing starts then.