Identifying and Reducing Homelessness

• Assess the potential impact of the Homelessness Reduction Act on reducing homelessness
• Position your organisation for success when it comes to reducing homelessness
• Learn from best practice case studies of reducing homelessness
• Scope the future of identifying and preventing homelessness

Delegates will be able to work with a leading housing association, to help the develop intervention and prevention strategies.

• Learn best practice from Origin Housing Association who won ‘Outstanding Social Landlord of the Year’ at the UK Housing Awards 2016
• Create effective assessment techniques to help reduce homelessness
• Teach your staff to give written advice on the recommended actions

• Hear best practice from one of the 28 trailblazers, which has been awarded with £2.5 million worth of funding to tackle homelessness
• Create pathways targeted at preventing homelessness and seeking appropriate accommodation with supported services
• Learn how to reduce “gatekeeping” and prioritise the most vulnerable
• Give specific and separate advice for single people and families

• Learn how to efficiently collect data on homelessness and rough sleeping in your area
• Effectively share data with other organisations to help reduce homelessness
• Utilise data to learn whether homeless prevention schemes are working
• Use information to design more appropriate pathways to reduce homelessness

In this practical workshop session delegates will create a homelessness reduction action plan.

• Discuss in groups and with the Chair, how you would reduce homelessness in your area
• Improve how you engage with those most vulnerable of becoming homeless
• Develop strategies to help your organisation provide more effective services
• Design a toolkit to help you and your staff to give the best advice
• Learn how to target resources to help homeless people
• Create an action plan to identify and prevent homelessness