Supported Living Startup Checklist
Property, referrals, regulation and staffing — the four things that decide whether a supported living service works.
What's inside
- Whether your model needs CQC registration at all
- Property routes and what landlords and housing providers expect
- How referrals actually arrive, and who decides
- Housing benefit and funding considerations to check early
- Service-user compatibility and why it makes or breaks a house
- Staffing model and on-call arrangements
- What commissioners ask before they place anyone
This resource is general guidance to help you prepare. It is not legal advice and it is not a regulatory decision — CQC and Ofsted make those. Always check the current official guidance for your service type.
Why Care Cove
Advice from someone who has actually done it
Care Cove is led by Sheunesu Matewe, who built a UK care business from nothing, achieved a Good CQC rating, supported more than 150 service users and completed a profitable exit — then started helping other providers do the same. Every process in this platform came out of doing the work, not reading about it.
- Built & scaled
- a UK care business from start-up
- Good
- CQC rating achieved as a provider
- 150+
- service users supported
- Exited
- the business profitably
Past experience is described for context. It is not a prediction or guarantee of any particular outcome for your business.
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