Extra Care Housing

Extra Care Housing (ECH) schemes provide housing support on-site for people 55 years and over as their needs increase (or younger people by exception). 24/7 emergency care support and planned care packages are provided by the onsite care staff; however, where a resident prefers, they can choose a different external care provider for planned care. This support helps residents stay in their own home, whilst enjoying a good quality of life. It combines support and independence with safety and security, meaning people do not have to move as circumstances changes.

The support helps residents stay in their own home, whilst enjoying a good quality of life. It combines support and independence with safety and security, meaning people do not have to move as circumstances changes.

Cooking meals

Personal care

Taking medicine

Getting around

Domestic tasks

Emergency needs

Housing schemes in North East Lincolnshire

The current housing and support schemes in North East Lincolnshire – Burchester and Strand Court – are built to a high standard, each with 60 individual one or two bedroom apartments.

A number of the communal facilities are also open to people living in the local community. People are encouraged to use the space to ensure that extra care housing schemes becomes an integral part of their community.

Each apartment has:

private front door
open plan living space
contemporary kitchen and bathroom
resident lounge, restaurant and activity rooms

Locations

Burchester Court

Winchester Avenue, Grimsby, DN33 1BU

For information on ECH at this scheme, or housing queries, please contact either:

Tracey Greetham

Email: [email protected]
Call: 07823514635

Express your interest

Strand Court

Hope Street, Grimsby, DN32 7AZ

For information on ECH at this scheme, or housing queries, please contact:

Derrick Rodwell

Email: [email protected]
Call: 07703 825369

For information about the care element of extra care housing, please contact either:

Nicola Coleman (Hales group regional manager)

Email: [email protected]
Call: 01472 897577

Gemma Bradley (Hales group manager)

Email: [email protected]
Call: 01472 897577

Express your interest

Staffing

For people who are assessed as having an eligible need, a care team is available on-site all year, to provide this identified care and support. This aims to meet individual needs to ensure that the right amount of care and support is available to people to help them achieve their maximum independence and have a say in how they live their lives.

There is also 24/7 emergency care to support residents who have falls/emergencies unexpectedly.

Any resident wanting additional services as a private care call would need to contact the care provider to discuss their requirements and whether these can be met under a private wrap around service.

There is a housing officer onsite, whose role is to support residents with any element of living in the building itself, their tenancy, etc. This officer is available during normal office working hours.

Application process

Eligibility

To apply for ECH, you must:

Be 55 or over
Have a perceived need for support with housing or care.

In exceptional circumstances, it may be possible for a younger person to apply.

Register your interest

Those wishing to move into an extra care housing scheme can have their interest registered in a few different ways:

Fill in an expression of interest form: Collect the form from the ECH scheme or download them (found above on this webpage), and return when completed.
Contact the Single Point of Access (01472 256 256) to request an assessment for ECH.
Any professional (social worker, support at home worker, community nurse, etc) can make a referral on an interested person’s behalf with their consent for ECH.

Each route above will trigger an assessment to gather information about the person’s current situation. The assessment will over the full suite of a person’s care and housing needs (physical needs, emotional and mental health needs and social needs).

The completed assessments are considered at a monthly panel and those who meet the ECH criteria will be placed on the waiting list for an apartment. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of the panel by letter.

Successful applicants will be placed on NEL’s extra care housing waiting list. Applicants who are not placed on the waiting list can reapply if their needs change.

After you have been accepted

If someone on the waiting list has stated they only want to be considered for a specific scheme, we’ll only consider them for available apartments in that specific location.

Apartment allocations are decided by a panel once apartments become vacant. This panel reviews all applications and looks at the overall needs of people waiting for housing in each scheme. They then recommend individuals to the housing provider (the landlord), based on:

How urgent their need is
How well the apartment matches their requirements (e.g. ground floor, number of bedrooms)
The potential benefits of the move for the person

This helps make sure that apartments go to the people who are most in need and best suited to the available homes.

Once someone is selected, the housing provider will formally offer them the tenancy and arrange everything needed for them to move in at an agreed time.

For general information on extra care housing and the assessment process, or to register your interest for an ECH scheme, please contact our Single Point of Access (SPA) on 01472 256 256.