Mental Health
Resources
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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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Understanding young people’s development
A resource exploring how practitioners can facilitate safe transitions into adulthood with young people accessing homelessness services.
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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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Outreach Learning Forum: Resources
Presentation recordings & slides from the Outreach Learning Forum: a series of interactive, online sessions aimed at rough sleeping outreach workers, to increase knowledge of how to support individuals with complex needs. Topics covered include: learning disabilities, brain injury, self-neglect and mental health.
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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.
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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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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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Housing First needs greater cross-sector working to fulfil potential
Experts at the national Housing First Conference agreed that the approach should be recognised for what it is - a successful intervention for people experiencing complex disadvantage that goes far beyond simply addressing rough sleeping.
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Literacy & Homelessness: A new charter
Challenges with literacy can be both a cause of homelessness and can prevent people from escaping homelessness. In this guest blog, Julia Olisa, Founder of Literacy 100 explains what services can do, and introduces a new charter for best practice
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New guidelines released for clinical psychologists working in and with homelessness services
Anna Tickle and Jen Wells, co-authors of these new practice-based guidelines write about the need for clinical psychology provision in homelessness services, along with how they developed the guidelines.
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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.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
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 £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
Homeless Link Summer Conference 2024
Join our one-day conference in London to tackle challenges like new legislation, workforce constraints, housing availability, and client needs through keynotes, panels, and interactive sessions.
America Square Conference Centre, London (EC3N 2LB) Early bird: Members £145pp, Non-Members £195pp -
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.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
Understanding Self-Harm
This course will explore how trauma can create self-harming behaviour in a person as a way of managing emotional distress, and look at how to support people away from self-harming to alternative ways of managing their emotions.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
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