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Preventing Rough Sleeping in Kent

Preventing Rough Sleeping in Kent. Gill Bryant Chris Coffey Michael Bourne. The Outreach service. Established in 1998 in Canterbury Rolled out across East Kent Kent wide service from January 2008 funded by Kent Supporting people following SP needs analysis

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Preventing Rough Sleeping in Kent

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  1. Preventing Rough Sleepingin Kent Gill Bryant Chris Coffey Michael Bourne

  2. The Outreach service • Established in 1998 in Canterbury • Rolled out across East Kent • Kent wide service from January 2008 funded by Kent Supporting people following SP needs analysis • Contracted to work with 75 rough sleepers and 151 Outreach clients • Staff team of 27 – includes specialist landlord liaison and street population workers.

  3. Prevention • Freephone Service • Homelessness Advice Drop-ins • Outreach / Floating support • Private Landlord Liaison Workers • Continued support for those who go into private rented until floating support starts

  4. Supporting People Local Authorities Drop-ins Prisons Mental Health Teams & Services Substance Misuse Teams & Services Other Housing Providers Floating Support Services Faith Groups Mediation Providers The Police & PCSO Health Partnerships

  5. Good Practice • Well publicised service • Easy access for self referral, advice & information • Early intervention work with non-housing agencies • Presence in Gateways • Travel warrants • GP based Community Link Worker

  6. Street Population Outreach Service • This is the first service of this kind in Kent • The service is being delivered in Maidstone • Preventing people from drifting back into rough sleeping • Working closely with enforcement agencies • Endeavouring to employ service users

  7. Developments • Tasking and Targeting Meetings • Service user volunteering programme • Apprenticeships' • Monitoring stock, flow and return, • Work with Local Authorities to develop & improve homelessness strategies & services for young people • Move-on Protocol for Kent: Tool Kit for Landlords

  8. Statistics • 947 People have been referred to the outreach service • 404 Have engaged with Outreach workers • Move on so far 09/10: • 89 into private rented • 16 into LA accommodation • 90 into supported housing • 19 returned home

  9. Opportunities • Working towards the goal of no rough sleepers • Data collection • New Partnerships • New initiatives • Improved quality of life for service users

  10. Conclusion • We have seen the numbers of people sleeping rough decrease • More people are successfully managing their own private rented accommodation • Increased awareness county wide of the single homeless issue; more joined up working

  11. Group Work In groups of four discuss the following: • What exactly is an Outreach service and who could be involved in delivery? • What are the barriers that prevent people engaging with an Outreach service

  12. Group work • Now meet the dragons !! • In your group you have 10 minutes to prepare a pitch to “ The Dragons “ • Your task is to design a service for the homeless people of Kent

  13. Group work • Your brief is: • “ If money were no object what would the service look like? “

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