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Cold weather provision for rough sleepers. Gill Brown Chief Executive Brighter Futures. Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable. No second night out. Reconnecting people Working hostels Personalised approaches Interventions for people with no recourse
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Cold weather provision for rough sleepers Gill Brown Chief Executive Brighter Futures Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable
No second night out • Reconnecting people • Working hostels • Personalised approaches • Interventions for people with no recourse • Better planned move on • Reduce the flow from outer London Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable
And also • Good robust data • 24 hour free phone line for public and rough sleepers • Better links between hostels Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable
Whole systems approach • Put customer at the centre of the service • Provide clear pathways through services and systems • Multi agency communication and joint working Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable
Joint Working • People and their needs at the centre of the process • Clear roles for each partner • Open exchange of information • Shared risk assessment • Joint working opportunities – Priority Needs Group Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable
Priority Needs Group • Multi agency • Operational partnership • Joint working Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable
Winter shelters • Purpose • Outcomes it will achieve • Synergy with existing services • Quality of opportunity as well as equality of opportunity Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable
Virtual winter shelter Referral only through the rough sleepers team. Temp beds in existing hostels Access to health and other services in the hostel Thorough risk assessments Focus on inclusion and needs Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable
Measures of success • People prevented from having to sleep rough • People helped off the streets quickly • People do not return to rough sleeping Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable