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Worcestershire Night Assessment Centre

Worcestershire Night Assessment Centre . Who we are . 24 hour direct access hostel Worcestershire Link Up Resettlement Service Dry House Worcestershire Homeless Intervention Team Night Assessment Centre Substance Misuse Link Worker . Origins .

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Worcestershire Night Assessment Centre

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  1. Worcestershire Night Assessment Centre

  2. Who we are • 24 hour direct access hostel • Worcestershire Link Up • Resettlement Service • Dry House • Worcestershire Homeless Intervention Team • Night Assessment Centre • Substance Misuse Link Worker

  3. Origins • Opened in 2002 for a 6 week period as a cold weather provision • Original budget of £10,000 • High numbers of rough sleepers within Worcester City using abandoned buildings & accessing Maggs Day Centre • Held in Maggs Day Centre

  4. Development • Funding • Coverage • Worcestershire Homeless Intervention Team • Length of opening • Partnerships

  5. NAC Coordinator • Role • Management • Partnerships • Recording information

  6. NAC 2010 - 2011 • Opened 24th November (12 days early due to severe weather conditions ) ran to 27th March = 124 nights • Opened 9.30pm – 7am; hot soup / drinks; sleeping bag / roll mat on floor of Maggs • Maximum capacity of 20; option of ‘uprights’ at SPH / YMCA

  7. Total Clients

  8. Local Connections2009-10 and 2010- 11

  9. Accommodation prior toaccessing NAC

  10. Length of stay

  11. Secondary support needs

  12. Accommodation outcomes

  13. Future considerations • Permanent appropriate site • Accessibility • Physical • Geographical • Personal safety • Service design

  14. Contact • Adrian Warburton – NAC Manager adrian.warburton@stpaulshostel.co.uk • David James – NAC Coordinator david.james@stpaulshostel.co.uk www.stpaulshostel.co.uk

  15. “Thanks for getting me (and my partner) in the Hostel we are really happy thanks to you, we couldn’t of done it with out you.” An NAC service user and her partner who had been sleeping rough for 6 months.

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