Psychologically-Informed
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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How to make your homelessness service trauma-informed
A practice development framework to support organisations to implement trauma-informed care in practice.
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Trauma-Informed Care and Psychologically Informed Environments
Practical information about trauma and psychologically informed approaches.
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Reflective practice in homelessness services
Guidance for homelessness services on implementing reflective practice.
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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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Psychologically Informed Management
These resources are aimed at ensuring frontline staff receive person-centred support, in a psychologically informed way, including guidance on 1:1 meetings and inductions.
News
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News
The value of gender-informed approaches to homelessness support
This guest blog for International Women's Day discusses the importance of equipping services to respond to gendered experiences, based on evidence from a recent research report.
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New resource to improve support for young people experiencing homelessness
Bringing together practice from children's welfare and homelessness, this guide aims to help homelessness practitioners to understand how brain development and the impact of trauma on the developing brain may affect a young person’s support needs and behaviour.
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News
Spotlight on: frontline worker wellbeing
Rachel Marshall, Policy and Best Practice Manager at St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity shares what their latest survey found out about frontline worker wellbeing and shares some practical resources that can support staff in their roles.
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News
Ending Veteran Homelessness in the U.K.
Lee Buss-Blair, Director of Operations and Group Veteran Lead – Riverside introduces Op Fortitude, a new government initiative aimed at ending veteran homelessness.
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Psychologically Informed Peer Mentoring: A Summary of the Project in Basingstoke
Dr Stephanie Barker, a psychologist working with Basingstoke Homelessness Psychology Services, tells us about OutcomeHome (OCH), a not for profit social enterprise based in Southampton providing psychological and peer services specifically for homeless people and others who are multiply excluded
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Strengths-Based Practice: an introduction
Find out how working with people's strengths can make their experience of services more dignified, useful and empowering - and lead to better outcomes.
Online Members £135pp, Non-Members £175pp -
Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE)
This course teaches you how to create a supportive environment by exploring five important elements and empowering frontline staff to lead the change.
Online Members £135pp, Non-Members £175pp