South Tyneside Council is inviting care providers to attend an online engagement session regarding a forthcoming opportunity to deliver care and support within Griffin Court, which is a new Extra Care Housing scheme in the Borough. To expand a little further, we are delivering Griffin Court in partnership with Karbon Homes who will be the Registered Landlord and will provide housing related support, including an activities program within the Scheme. Housing staff will be present between the hours of 8.30am and 5pm, 7 days per week. The eligibility criteria comprises of adults (18+) with a Care Act eligible need. The Scheme is intended to support people with a range of needs including Physical Disabilities, Dementia, low/moderate Learning Disabilities/Autism and Mental Health. The Scheme is due for completion in October/November 2026, with residents moving into the Scheme from January 27 in a phased manner. The Scheme consists of 95 apartments: 20 two-bed apartments and 75 one-bed apartments (17 will be specialist dementia apartments on the ground floor for which people will require a Community DOLS to reside in with this being a locked door area and people deprived of their liberty). This Session is intended to: • Outline our vision and strategic priorities for Extra Care provision. • Provide an overview of the proposed Scheme and commissioning intentions. • Share indicative timelines for procurement. • Offer an opportunity for providers to ask questions and inform the development of the service model. We are keen to engage with experienced, high-quality providers who are interested in potentially tendering for this opportunity. Please note that the contract value and contract length at this early stage is estimated.