COVID-19
Resources
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COVID 19 Booster Uptake: Best Practice
This webinar provides information and recommendations to support local response planning for COVID-19 booster vaccinations for people experiencing homelessness over the winter period.
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COVID-19 General Guidance & Resources
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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Toolkit to support vaccine uptake
People experiencing homelessness can be particularly vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19. There are many reasons for this, including insecure or overcrowded living situations, underlying health conditions and distrust of healthcare providers.
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PIE at home: creating a healthy remote working space
COVID-19 has plunged many of us into homeworking at short notice! No matter how large or small our homeworking space may be, this webinar gives useful tips as to how to create a homeworking space that is psychologically informed, contributing to wellbeing and better productivity.
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Reflective Practice and Resilience 101: for frontline staff
This webinar will introduce you to Reflective Practice, and share tips on how to manage and reduce stress in the workplace, particularly during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Using effective time management to balance priorities and manage wellbeing
More than ever, the effective use of time is important. Home and work life are now so entwined that we need to maintain a balanced approach in how to keep priorities in all aspects of our lives in their appropriate place. This webinar explores some useful tips.
News
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COVID-19 testing update: homelessness settings can now order extra Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have provided an update in ordering Lateral Flow Device (LFD) tests for homelessness settings.
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Start date of autumn COVID-19 vaccine programme brought forward
The Department of Health and Social Care have announced that this year’s autumn flu and Covid-19 vaccine programmes will start on the 11th September.
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First and second dose of COVID-19 vaccine will end on 30th June
The Health and Social Care Secretary has announced that the offer of a first and second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for those at lower risk of severe COVID-19 will end on 30th June 2023.
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Living with COVID-19 in the homelessness sector
As infection rates remain high it's timely to reflect on how the Government’s Living with Covid Plan is impacting on homelessness services and take stock of what’s happening around testing and vaccination.
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Now is the time for a national Housing First programme
This week sees the launch of the CSJ report Close to Home: Delivering a national Housing First progamme in England, calling for the roll-out of a national Housing First programme for people whose homelessness is compounded by multiple disadvantage.
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Experiences of homelessness support for people with No Recourse to Public Funds
NACCOM’s Community Researcher group has been working with Homeless Link to explore experiences of accessing support from local authorities throughout the pandemic. In this blog, we discuss early reflections from our research and calls for change from the Community Researcher group.
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Day Services Practice Forum : trauma-informed buildings
Join our Practice Forum for those working in, running or commissioning Day Services. This session will focus on how to apply a trauma-informed lens to your bulding.
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Strengths-Based Practice: an introduction
Find out how working with people's strengths can make their experience of services more dignified, useful and empowering - and lead to better outcomes.
Online Members £145pp, Non-Members £185pp -
Compassion-Informed Workshops: What if the way we react to the crisis, is the crisis?
A programme of compassion-informed practice development. This programme consists of 2x half-day interactive online workshops. Through exploring compassion for others (people who access services) and compassion for self, the workshops aim to help you get curious about your subconscious drivers and develop your capacity to respond – not react, to the challenges you face at work.
Online Members £155pp, Non-Members £195pp -
Trauma-Informed for managers
This course will provide an overview of Complex Trauma and explore how a trauma-informed approach can be safely and effectively implemented by managers across their teams.
Online Members £145pp, Non-Members £185pp -
Trauma-Informed for managers
This course will provide an overview of Complex Trauma and explore how a trauma-informed approach can be safely and effectively implemented by managers across their teams.
Online Members £135pp, Non-Members £175pp -
Trauma-Informed: Theory and Principles
An introductory course for frontline staff exploring Complex Trauma and Trauma-Informed approaches.
Online Members £145pp, Non-Members £185pp