Mental Health
Resources
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Bitesize Learning: Managing challenging behaviour
Bitesize e-learning and further resources for frontline staff in homelessness services who are looking to build on their knowledge, skills and understanding of supporting people who exhibit challenging behaviours.
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Improving nutrition among people experiencing homelessness
Animations and a research report to help services and staff improve nutrition among people experiencing homelessness and using substances.
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Bitesize Learning: Mental Health and Homelessness
Check out our free bitesize e-learning series on mental health and homelessness for people working in frontline homelessness services.
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Understanding hoarding
Guidance on understanding hoarding including why people hoard, and how to support someone who has a hoarding issue.
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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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Using In-form to understand the relationship between health and homelessness
Cate Standing-Tattersall from the Homeless Link Research Team tells us about a groundbreaking new research project and how your service can be part of it.
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Annual review of support to end homelessness reveals a sector stretched to the limits
Homeless Link launches its annual research report exploring trends in support for single homelessness.
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Women’s specific experiences of homelessness and health must be addressed
For International Women's Day, Homeless Link's Senior Research Manager, Debra Hertzberg, analyses health data to show why women experiencing homelessness need tailored healthcare.
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We must end the revolving door between homelessness and hospitals
Healthcare spending on people facing homelessness is very costly but is achieving very little, writes Dee O’Connell at Pathway, as part of the Reset Homelessness campaign.
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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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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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Exploring the state of the homelessness sector
This webinar will dive into the 2024 findings of our unique annual review of services addressing single homelessness in England and their implications for the sector, and explain how you can use the research to support your work locally to end homelessness.
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Health and Homelessness Conference: The Unhealthy State of Homelessness
Join expert speakers and sector colleagues to consider links between health and homelessness, hear the latest data, and share good practice.
America Square Conference Centre - London (EC3N 2LB) From £125 -
Improving nutrition among people experiencing homelessness
Join Homeless Link and Providence Row as we launch research that aims to enhance nutrition and recovery among people experiencing homelessness and share practical actions that homelessness staff can take to improve access to healthy food and nutrition for the people they support.
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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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Mental Health and homelessness
Mental health issues and homelessness are closely linked, you may regularly support vulnerable individuals experiencing a range of mental health issues. This practical course will give you the skills needed to support individuals experiencing mental health issues.
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Complex Needs, Dual Diagnosis and Personality Disorder
This course will provide an introduction to the these topics and will explore ways of supporting people and maintaining staff wellbeing.
Online Members £135pp, Non-Members £175pp