Mental Health
Resources
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Multi-disciplinary team meetings
Guidance on working in collaboration with other agencies in multi-disciplinary team meetings or MDTs for people experiencing homelessness and multiple needs including examples of innovative approaches.
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Gambling and homelessness
Guidance on understanding gambling addiction, including the relationship between gambling and homelessness, signs to look out for, and ways frontline workers can support.
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Delivering integrated health and social care services for people experiencing homelessness
Best practice case studies illustrating how to deliver on the NICE guidelines around integrated services to reduce health inequalities.
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2024 Review of Support to End Homelessness
Our annual review of services addressing single homelessness in England provides vital evidence of the support provided by these services to inform policy and practice.
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Bitesize Learning: Managing challenging behaviour
9-part 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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Meeting the needs of people experiencing homelessness with a traumatic brain injury
Dr Jess Barton, Lead of the Westminster Homeless Neuropsychology Pathway, outlines the challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness with a brain injury and offers support tips for homelessness staff.
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Breaking the Cycle guest blog: Health Bus Trust on how health care can help end homelessness
Deano Pickering from Health Bus Trust what needs to change to turn the ambitions of the National Plan to End Homelessness into action, focusing in on how accessible and appropriate health care is critical to ending and preventing homelessness.
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Women experiencing homelessness face even worse health challenges
New data from the Unhealthy State of Homelessness clearly demonstrates the extra health challenges faced by women experiencing homelessness - but there may be some positive news ahead.
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Homelessness Strategy falls short on addressing deep homelessness and health links
Our comment piece for Inside Housing discusses how our Unhealthy State of Homelessness report can help ensure the government’s strategy breaks the cycle of worsening ill health and homelessness.
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Creating Cultures of Collective Care
A New Year member blog from Framework packed with practical ideas on how you can support colleagues and clients with their mental wellbeing in 2026.
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New delivery framework published on co-occurring mental health and substance use
Developed jointly by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, this new framework outlines how mental health, and drug and alcohol services should work together more effectively.
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Practice Innovation Forum - improving access to mental health support
Join our latest Innovation Forum focusing on ways to develop better access mental health support for people experiencing homelessness. Hear from speakers innovating in this area and use innovative thinking techniques to generate solutions to the challenges faced within your own local area.
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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.
Online Members £145pp, Non-Members £185pp