Health and Social Care
Resources
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Safeguarding Adults at Risk
Guidance on safeguarding adults, including how to raise a safeguarding alert and the role of Safeguarding Adults Boards.
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Improving Accident and Emergency (A&E) experiences
This podcast and posters provide homelessness workers with advice on a range of ways to improve clients’ A&E experiences.
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New Psychoactive Substances (NPS)
Information and resources for frontline homelessness organisations on New Psychoactive Substances, including nitazenes and other synthetic opioids.
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Autism and Homelessness
A toolkit to help homelessness teams improve their support to people who are, or may be, autistic.
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Holding conversations about health
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.
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Improving access to dental care for people experiencing homelessness
Report by the Homeless Health Consortium to explore ways to improve access to dental care for people experiencing homelessness.
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Annual review of the sector reveals immense pressures
Key findings from Homeless Link 2023 research into single homelessness support and how this important evidence supports our government influencing work.
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Influencing health policy with Homeless Link members through the NHS 10 year plan
After consulting members, Homeless Link has submitted a response to the Government's consultation on the future of the NHS. Read a summary here.
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Addressing the health inequalities for people experiencing homelessness and disability
This blog marking the International Day for Persons with Disabilities explores the importance of meeting the needs of people experiencing homelessness and disabilities.
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How radical safeguarding can create systemic change for people experiencing homelessness
For Safeguarding Adults week, Gill Taylor, Strategic Lead for the Dying Homeless Project and independent Safeguarding Adult Review author, talks about the Radical Safeguarding Toolkit and encourages practitioners to challenge the status quo of harm and discrimination, and move towards anti-oppressive practice.
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Supporting people experiencing homelessness with diabetes
Read about a national partnership project which considered how to improve care for people experiencing homelessness with diabetes, with links to resources and free e-learning to support frontline workers.
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Lived experience videos highlight key homeless health issues
New videos on suicide support, health conversations and dental care.
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Homeless Link's 2025 Summer Conference
Join the homelessness and supported housing sector for a two-day conference of learning, networking, and sharing solutions for preventing and ending homelessness.
East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2RJ From £365 per person -
Innovation Forum - supporting staff wellbeing
Join us for the second of Homeless Link's new series of Innovation Forums. This workshop-style event will introduce you to new and interesting frameworks for supporting staff wellbeing as well as giving you space to generate ideas relevant to your workplace alongside peers from across the sector.
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Action Learning Sets: Frontline Workers
Join our Action Learning Sets for frontline workers to work through challenges with peers in other homelessness organisations.
Three sessions at £245 for Homeless Link members, £330 for non-members -
Good practice learning session: trauma-informed care
A free interactive session to meet our National Practice Development team and learn more about our good practice resources. This session will have a focus on trauma-informed care.
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Annual Members' Meeting 2024
An online session for our members to hear about Homeless Link’s work over the last year and our future plans. We will also announce the results of our recent Board Elections.
Online Free