Tackling Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Forum

• Following an introduction from the Chair we’ll be kicking off this live, face to face event with interactive icebreakers designed to encourage early introductions ahead of further networking throughout the day.
• Get to know fellow colleagues and participants and share your key learning objectives for the day.
• Share your thoughts and ideas through live polling and comments using our interactive platform
• Expect lots of interactivity with this being a brilliant opportunity to interact, network and learn from your peers in a safe, face to face environment

• Examining the role of health services in supporting people experiencing homelessness and preventing homelessness
• Highlighting the impact of severe and multiple disadvantages on health outcomes for rough-sleepers and people at risk of homelessness
• Sharing how health and housing services can collaborate to support people tin recovering from homelessness

• Discussing Shelter’s analysis of the official rough-sleeping and temporary accommodation figures
• Examining the long-term impact of additional Government funding during the pandemic
• Highlighting how the end of Covid-protections, such as the eviction ban and “Everyone In” scheme impacted people at risk of homeless
• Sharing how to apply lessons learned during Covid-19 to improve support for rough-sleepers and people at risk of homelessness

• Sharing best practice for effective multi-agency working to support rough-sleepers and people at risk of homelessness
• Examining the statutory duty to refer, and how to work effectively with LHAs
• Discussing how to integrate a multi-agency approach into service delivery

In response to the government’s “Everyone In” order in 2020, Birmingham City Council adopted the Protect Programme, sharing responsibility and resources across 8 partner agencies to support rough sleepers. This session will provide key insights into:

• Best practices for effective partnership working to support rough sleepers and people at risk of homelessness, including those with ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) status
• The impact of a focus on prevention on the outcomes for people at risk of homelessness, and the role of an open access point for vulnerable homeless people in improving access to services
• Lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic
• What this scheme can tell us about the future of services to prevent homelessness and and resolve rough sleeping

• Discussing the importance of providing support that “leads to better places” and avoids continuing dependence
• Sharing lessons learned from Covid-19, and highlighting what works when providing long-term support for rough-sleepers
•  Discussing how giving to creat opportunities can transform people’s lives in the long-term

Calderdale Council has used of government funding to provide 25 units of self-contained flats and long-term accommodation to help prevent homelessness and drive down the number of rough sleepers in the local area. These units offer a range of on-site support for residents including support on how best to ‘Move on’ and an NHS run Wound Clinic to treat emergency injuries and provide access to sexual health, drug and alcohol services. This session will discuss:

• The role of local partner organisations in ensuring effective support for local rough-sleepers
• The role of providing a single point of access to services in improving outcomes
• Guidance on accessing government funding to prevent homelessness
• How Calderdale Council plans to continue to improve suppor for rough-sleeprs and people at risk of homelessness using funding from the Homelessness Prevention Grant

Following a 58% increase in homelessness over five years, Maidstone Borough Council took a proactive approach to tackling homelessness using data analytics in 2019. Working with partners, the council designed and implemented OneView, a data analytics tool that brings together data from different services to effectively identify those at risk of homelessness. This session will provide key insights into:

• How OneView was developed alongside private sector partners to reduce the time spent gathering information, and provide a holistic “single view” of households
• The impact of OneView’s “at risk” alerts on the provision of early help services, demand for temporary accommodation, and outcomes for people at risk of homelessness
• Best practice for effective partnership working to use data analytics to support early help services and prevent homelessness

*programme subject to change