Mental Health
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Mental Health and PIP
This guidance outlines the process of making a claim for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), focussing on supporting individuals affected by mental health.
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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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Bitesize learning: Managing challenging behaviour
These recordings are for frontline staff of homelessness organisations who are looking to build on their knowledge, skills and understanding of supporting people with challenging behaviours.
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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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Literacy 100 Charter and Report
Literacy 100 have published this report which looks at how poor literacy can cause homelessness and be barrier to escaping homelessness. The charter is for organisations to adopt.
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Guidelines for clinical psychologists working with and in homelessness services
People experiencing homelessness are often excluded from mainstream statutory mental health services. New guidelines were released in January 2023 to support clinical psychologists working with and in homelessness services.
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Breaking the cycle of homelessness and poor mental health
A joint blog from Homeless Link and the Centre for Mental Health describing the outcome of a roundtable earlier this year - looking at the links between homelessness and poor mental health.
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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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Taking a moment can save a life
For International Overdose Awareness Day (31st August), we are asking homelessness services to take a moment to consider the risks of overdose for people who use drugs, and how staff can respond to reduce drug-related deaths.
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Mental health and homelessness: an inextricable link?
This Mental Health Awareness week take a few minutes to read about the links between mental health and homelessness. And unpack a treasure chest of useful practical resources.
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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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Sasha Foundation, grants for charities working on mental health issues
The Sasha Foundation makes grants up to £10,000 for charities helping individuals who are suffering from depression and mental health issues or who are confronting drug abuse issues.
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Hoarding awareness workshop
Develop an understanding of the reasons a person may hoard and how to support a person to overcome barriers to disposing of their hoard.
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Navigating Mental Health Services
This course is designed to help you understand how mental health problems can present, and how mental health services work, so that you can more easily ensure that you get the right help for your client.
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Suicide: prevention, intervention and post-incident protocols
This course will explore the theory and practice of suicide intervention skills that can be applied in any professional or personal setting. This course is for anyone who seeks greater understanding and confidence to intervene with people at risk of suicide. This course also explores possible prevention and post-incident protocols, and how to support service users and staff after an incident.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp