Health and Social Care
Resources
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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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Research exploring holistic Housing First outcomes
New research into the long-term impacts of Housing First across health, mental health, offending behaviour, substance use and beyond.
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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 women’s health matters
Jo Prestidge looks at some of the specific health challenges facing women who are homeless and how services can support them. She looks particularly at recent research on menstruation and some new resources on the menopause.
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Free online training from Homeless Link
Checkout our free online bitesize e-learning packages for people working in frontline homelessness services. Also including fundraising training.
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Improving access to healthcare: Tower Hamlets Health and Wellness Fairs
We spoke to Providence Row, winners of the Excellence Awards 2023, about their award-winning health and wellness fairs that are improving access to healthcare for people experiencing homelessness in Tower Hamlets.
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Housing First research highlights huge cross-sector impact
New research into the holistic long-term outcomes of Housing First strengthens the case for a national cross-departmental programme for people experiencing complex needs.
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Key workers – let’s talk cancer screening
We want to increase the uptake of cancer screening amongst people facing homelessness. We are holding a workshop to gather the views of frontline workers on what is needed to support the uptake of screening.
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Race, ethnicity and experiences of homelessness
This course will equip you with knowledge and skills to respond proactively to the complex issues linked to race, ethnicity and homelessness.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
Criminal Justice and homelessness
This is course will provide participants with a greater understanding of how the criminal justice system operates. Delegates will understand that offending behaviour is a specific need and how they can support people away from patterns of offending behaviour.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
Criminal Justice and homelessness
This is course will provide participants with a greater understanding of how the criminal justice system operates. Delegates will understand that offending behaviour is a specific need and how they can support people away from patterns of offending behaviour.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
Domestic abuse and homelessness
This course will provide you with an introduction to domestic abuse, looking specifically at how it might impact service users in a range of homelessness settings.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
Domestic abuse and homelessness
This course will provide you with an introduction to domestic abuse, looking specifically at how it might impact service users in a range of homelessness settings.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp