Knowledge Hub

Animations and a research report to help services and staff improve nutrition among people experiencing homelessness and using substances.

People experiencing homelessness face significant healthcare challenges and significant barriers to accessing healthcare services. We have created a range of resources to ensure workers in the homelessness sector have existing skills and opportunities to talk to people around their healthcare needs.

This toolkit has been written by Dr Anna Tickle at Framework and Opportunity Nottingham with contributions from Westminster City Council, Change Communication, Professor Karen McKenzie at Northumbria University and Groundswell. There is also an accompanying webinar with Dr Tickle and other speakers.

A resource exploring how practitioners can facilitate safe transitions into adulthood with young people accessing homelessness services.

Six 30-minute videos for frontline staff working in homelessness services on safeguarding adults and young people facing multiple disadvantage (multiple and/or complex needs) including sessions on the Care Act, non-UK nationals, mental capacity, care leavers, prison leavers and hospital discharge

This podcast and posters provide homelessness workers with advice on a range of ways to improve clients’ A&E experiences.

Guidance on Hepatitis C including information on how it is transmitted, treatment, and what homelessness services can do to support at-risk groups.

Recognising the links between brain injury and homelessness, and how services can help.

This webinar launches research that aims to enhance the nutritional health and awareness of people experiencing homelessness and using substances and gives support workers practical tips to improve practice.

Guidance on Safeguarding Adults Reviews, including what they are, why to conduct them, the process, and learning from previous reviews.

Guidance on how to support people accessing homelessness services to request an assessment under the Care Act, how eligibility for social care is determined, and what happens once a decision is made.

Check out our free bitesize e-learning series on mental health and homelessness for people working in frontline homelessness services.