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Guidance
The Care Act and Social Care Assessments
Updated: 25 Feb 2025
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.
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Accessing accommodation in the private rented sector
Updated: 10 Jan 2025
Read our guidance on how to engage with landlords to find accommodation in the private rented sector, along with tips on how to support individuals to maintain their tenancies.
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Guidance
COVID-19 General Guidance & Resources
Updated: 05 Sep 2024
Guidance on COVID-19 testing and vaccination in homelessness settings over the winter period, with links to specialist organisations for further information and guidance on different aspects of COVID-19.
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Guidance
Supporting people experiencing suicidal thoughts
Updated: 05 Sep 2024
This page contains resources on how to better support people experiencing suicidal thoughts including leaflets and recorded presentations as well as a card to give directly to someone who may be at risk of taking their life.
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Bitesize learning, Guidance
Gendered Lens Framework
Updated: 03 Sep 2024
To accompany the gendered lens guide, Homeless Link have produced a series of short (5-10min) videos to help services look at each different lens.
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Bitesize learning, Guidance
Developing suicide prevention policies and procedures
Updated: 07 Aug 2024
This page contains guidance for organisations looking to put together policies and procedures to manage the risk and impact of suicide.
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Guidance
Good practice and shared resources for suicide prevention
Updated: 01 Mar 2024
Policies and practices gathered from other organisations that can be used as inspiration and guidance for other services.
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Guidance
Supporting Couples
Updated: 21 Feb 2024
How can homelessness accommodation and support services work positively with couples? Read our guidance on Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claims for couples.
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Guidance
Reflective practice in homelessness services
Updated: 18 Oct 2023
Guidance for homelessness services on implementing reflective practice.
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Guidance
Creating Effective Partnerships
Updated: 15 Sep 2023
Improving local joint working to end homelessness.
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Guidance
Being Strengths-based: collected resources
Updated: 15 Sep 2023
This page holds collected resources to support anyone interested in becoming strengths-based.
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Guidance
Keeping young people safe
Updated: 12 Jan 2023
Young people’s rights to support and housing are often different to adults. These resources unpick legislative frameworks affecting young people’s housing pathways and explain the different roles agencies, services and individuals have when responding to youth homelessness.