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The supported-living standard the sector needs, proven, priced, and partnered.

A West London specialist mental-health supported-living provider, with sixteen homes across four boroughs and a commissioning catchment that spans eight. Working in partnership with local authority and NHS commissioners to build the standard the sector needs.

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The evidence

The supported-housing gap is now a quantifiable burden on the NHS.

Recent national evidence from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the National Housing Federation, and Look Ahead shows the cost of getting this wrong is no longer abstract, it is in inpatient bed days, delayed discharges, and avoidable readmissions.

£102m / year

NHS cost

Annual cost to NHS mental health services in England from the supported-housing shortfall. RCPsych / NHF / Look Ahead, 2026.

121,695 days

Bed days lost

Additional inpatient bed days in 2024/25 in England, driven by patients waiting for supported housing. RCPsych, 2026.

22%

Of all delays

Of all delayed-discharge days in mental health inpatient services in 2024/25 are housing-driven. NHS England, 2025.

1/3 cost

Of an inpatient bed

Supported housing costs around a third of an inpatient placement, with potential national savings of £53m–£65m a year. Breaking the Cycle, RCPsych 2026.

£1.40 saved

Per £1 spent

Housing Support Grant services deliver £1.40 net savings to public services in Wales, £204m to health, £177m to social care, £70m to criminal justice. Welsh Govt / Cymorth Cymru, 2024/25.

4-step pathway

Step-up & step-down

Our graduated High → Medium → Low → Floating model lets commissioners place at the right intensity and adjust without losing the keyworker or the home.

The offer

Sixteen homes today, three more in 2026.

We focus on three commitments, applied consistently across every placement we hold: purpose-built homes, a fully digital service infrastructure, and a multidisciplinary in-house team.

  • Ensuite bedrooms with kitchenettes in each room, plus shared kitchen and lounge in fifteen properties
  • Fully self-contained flats with built-in kitchens at Rosewood House (Hounslow), our move-on property
  • Double bed, ready on day one
  • Keyless entry, 24-hour CCTV, and free Wi-Fi throughout
  • Wheelchair-accessible properties available
  • Short- and long-term placements with no minimum tenancy beyond clinical sense
  • 24/7 awake staff at high-supported services, on-call duty manager 365 days a year
2026 expansion

Three new services opening this year

All-female · Hounslow

6-bed all-female service

A 6-bedroom all-female service opening in Hounslow during 2026. A small, single-sex environment for women with mental-health needs.

All-male · Hillingdon

24-hour high-supported male service

For adults with complex mental-health needs, dual diagnosis, or histories of placement breakdown. Opening 2026.

Forensic · Hammersmith

First forensic male service

Step-down service for men progressing from secure mental-health settings into community living. Opening 2026.

The pathway

A graduated pathway, commissioned at every level of support.

Our offer is structured as a four-step ladder, allowing commissioners to place at the right level and step service users up or down without disrupting their keyworker, their community, or their progress.

High Support

24-hour awake staff every shift, 24/7 on-call manager, full multidisciplinary input, structured therapeutic programme. For adults with serious mental illness, dual diagnosis, complex behaviours, or post-discharge stabilisation needs.

Medium Support

09:00–17:00 daytime support. A step-down placement for service users moving on from high support, where structured weekday support remains essential but overnight cover is no longer clinically indicated.

Low Support

Light-touch daytime support for service users with established stability, working toward tenancy. Focused on independent living skills, welfare and benefits, and employment routes.

Floating Support

Outreach support to service users who have moved into independent tenancies. Maintains the keyworker relationship and prevents the cliff-edge of complete discharge.

Digital-first

A completely digital service, built for the way commissioners work now.

Our entire operational infrastructure is digital, support planning, daily logs, incident reporting, medication records, rota management, and commissioner reporting. All secure, real-time, and online.

What this means for the commissioner

  • Scheduled progress reports, quarterly by default, monthly on request
  • Real-time incident reporting within agreed timeframes
  • Outcome measures, stability, social connectedness, life skills, pathway progress
  • Auditable record, full digital audit trail for inspections, reviews, and case audits
For the service user

Plans that move with them.

A service user's support plan is a living document, co-produced with them, reviewed monthly with their keyworker, and updated in real time. Their plan moves with them through the pathway. Their progress is visible. Their voice is preserved in the record.

Co-producedBuilt with the resident, not for them
Strengths-based formulationFocused on abilities, interests, aspirations, not just diagnoses
Goal-tracked progressEach goal time-bound, measured, and reviewed
Resident voice preservedDirect quotes, preferences, and consent decisions on record
Why partner with us

What commissioners say they value when placing with us.

Responsive to referrals

We respond to every referral within 24 hours of receipt and provide a written assessment outcome with clear reasoning. Our Business Development team handles initial enquiries directly, so commissioners are never waiting on a chain of handoffs.

Honest about fit

We say no to placements that aren't right for our service, because the alternative is worse for everyone. A placement that breaks down within weeks costs more in re-referral, harms the service user's confidence, and damages trust between provider and commissioner.

Short and long-term placements

Every property offers both short-stay and long-stay placements, with no minimum tenancy beyond what is clinically and operationally sensible. We price each placement transparently against the support level and review the package every quarter.

Flexible care packages

Designed to reduce cost to the placing authority without reducing quality. We step support up and down with the service user's progress, keeping the same keyworker and the same property where possible to preserve continuity.

Excellent value for money

Demonstrable on a per-week, per-outcome basis. We track stability, social connectedness, life skills, and pathway progress against the cost of the placement, and report transparently to placing authorities.

Successful track record

A history of stabilised placements, reduced relapse, and reduced re-offending across our four-borough cluster. We can share specific case examples (anonymised) with referring teams during the placement discussion.

Reduced A&E and inpatient escalation

Through 24-hour awake staffing, an on-call duty manager, and a multidisciplinary in-house team that de-escalates situations before they require hospital admission. Many of our residents have not been readmitted to inpatient services since placement.

Collaboration with statutory services

Working closely with Community Mental Health Teams, NHS Trusts, ICBs, and care co-ordinators. We attend MDT care reviews under the Community Mental Health Framework, share digital records with consent, and contribute to clinical decision-making rather than waiting to be told.

Strong community relationships

Active engagement with neighbours, GPs, local police, and faith and community groups. Our properties are part of their streets, not separate from them, which makes a real difference to long-term integration.

Can-do team

Innovative, resourceful, and proactive about alleviating pressure on social workers and care co-ordinators. We solve problems within our scope rather than referring them back, which is part of why repeat commissioners come back to us.

Referral catchment

Eight London boroughs.

We accept referrals from across West London and central London. Our four-borough cluster of properties has a commissioning catchment that spans eight.

Hammersmith & Fulham
Kensington & Chelsea
Westminster
Barnet
Croydon
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Ealing
Where our money goes

The roles you'd normally have to pay extra for, we pay for ourselves.

Diverse Services Limited reinvests its own income back into the people we support. Our Psychology Lead, Assistant Psychologists, Nutritionist, and Senior Activities Coordinator are not billed to commissioners as bolt-on charges. They sit on our staff because we believe a real supported-living service has to include them as standard.

A

In-house Psychology team

Psychology Lead and Assistant Psychologists running risk formulation, group sessions, 1-to-1 work, and clinical supervision of the wider team. Funded by us, not by additional commissioner charges.

B

In-house Nutritionist

Tailored dietary planning, nutrition education sessions, and weekly group cooking. The link between food, gut health, and mental wellbeing taken seriously, at no extra cost to placing authorities.

C

Senior Activities Coordinator

A proper weekly programme of therapeutic groups, outings, life-skills sessions, and the Diverse Empowerment Project where residents lead their own groups. Not a noticeboard, a service.