What is the Recognised Provider List?

The Recognised Provider List (RPL) is a tool set up, monitored and updated by Sheffield City Council. It will allow adults in Sheffield who are looking for packages of care and support to choose from a list of providers who adhere to a clear quality framework. The RPL aims to ensure that customers receive good quality services from providers.

Residential care homes cannot apply to the Recognised Provider List for private residential care. However Residential Care Homes can apply if offering support packages such as respite and day services.

In order to gain Recognised Provider status and the quality mark, providers must meet the following quality standards:

• Packages of care and support are clear and transparent and based on a clear agreement with the customer
• The conduct of all employees and volunteers is at all times considerate and respectful
• A Safeguarding Adults policy and procedure is in place and meets all requirements
• A Confidentiality policy and procedure is in place and abides by the Data Protection Act 1984 and 1998
• Health & Safety legislation is complied with as well as all relevant codes of practice or other authoritative guidance
• Employment practices take account of current legislation, including, without limitation, equal opportunities legislation
• Insurance is sufficient for the delivery of packages of care and support
• Quality assurance systems follow clear standards, are regularly monitored, carefully managed and reviewed on an ongoing basis
• Packages of care and support are consistently delivered under the standards listed above.
• Organisational policies, procedures and insurance levels of providers who are on the RPL have been assessed to ensure that the providers meet the required quality standards.

Adults who purchase services using their own resources or through a Direct Payment are free to choose providers who are not included on the Recognised Provider List.

Providers will only be awarded the RPL status for the services stated on the application submitted. If any new services are developed after the initial application has been assessed providers will need to reapply.

If an organisation on Help Yourself is a Recognised Provider you will see the Recognised Provider logo in their entry.

All the organisations which have achieved Recognised Provider status and which provide a service in Sheffield are listed below.

To find these organisations and many other Health and Social Care organisations, carry on searching Help Yourself using the button below.

If you require further information on the Recognised Provider List or you are a provider who is interested in applying to the list please follow the link below, or telephone 203 9145.

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/caresupport/us/scap/new-business/rplist.html

The inclusion of any organisation on the Recognised Provider List is not intended to be and shall not constitute a recommendation by Sheffield City Council. No representation, express or implied, is or will be made and no liability or responsibility is or will be accepted by Sheffield City Council in respect of any organisation included on the Recognised Provider List and in respect of, or in any way arising out of the provision of, or failure to provide services by any organisation. It is important that you satisfy yourself that any organisation on the Recognised Provider List is suitable for your own requirements.

Help Yourself is an online directory of community groups, support groups, health and social care organisations in Sheffield. Here you will find leisure activities such as dancing, drama, reading and writing groups, art, music and youth clubs. You will find sports activities such as martial arts, yoga and pilates, rambling, swimming, keep fit, cycling, cricket, boxing. You will find groups for older people, people with mental health issues, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, homeless people, asylum seekers, refugees. You will find self help and support groups for drugs and alcohol, domestic violence, carers, gay lesbian and bisexual people, people with alzheimers, dementia and other health conditions. You can also plan your care and support and find home care/home support, residential care, respite care, lunch clubs and support if you receive an individual budget or direct payment. You can also find details of places of worship whatever your faith, recycling facilities and conservation groups, community centres, Taras, venues for hire, private tutors, literacy and numeracy and so much more.

Sheffield Community Information Service, Central Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 1XZ,
Tel: 273 4763

The Help Yourself Database is provided on the Internet as part of a joint project between Sheffield Libraries & Information Services, Information School at The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
Any comments or questions regarding the database should be sent to Heather Baxendale at scis@sheffield.gov.uk