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Mind the gap
- Author:
- RABIEE Parvaneh
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.6.00, 2000, p.29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As the government legislates on care leavers, this article draws attention to the plight of young people with learning difficulties who fall between services.
An accommodation self assessment toolkit for the socially excluded adults public service agreement
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 38p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This self assessment toolkit has been developed for use by local housing authorities, in partnership with other local partners, to deliver improved accommodation outcomes for the four at-risk client groups in the Socially Excluded Adults Public Service Agreement (PSA 16) of 2007. These groups are offenders under the supervision of probation services, care leavers aged 19, adults with moderate to severe learning difficulties and adults in contact with secondary mental health services. Sections 1-4 of the checklist cover local authority corporate and membership commitments, joint working and partnership, floating/tenancy support and health issues. Individual sections on offenders; care leavers; mental health and learning disabilities then faollow. It will help in the early intervention, support, advice and information giving roles of local authority departments’ homelessness prevention policies. It can be used, in conjunction with eight PSA 16 national indicators (NI 143-150) to measure how people with complex needs are able to access accommodation as part of mainstream homelessness and identify gaps and blockages which need specific attention with regard these four groups of people at risk of being socially excluded.
The socially excluded adults PSA
- Authors:
- EISENSTADT Naomi, LAWRENCE John
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 11(1), July 2008, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Government's Public Service Agreement on Socially Excluded adults aims to ensure that the most socially excluded adults are offered the opportunity to get back on a path to a more successful life by focusing on two key outcomes: a place to live and a job. It is aimed at four groups at significant risk of social isolation and poverty: young people leaving the care system; adult offenders under probation supervision; adults in contact with secondary mental health services; and adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities. From local area agreements to problems in gathering evidence about excluded groups, this article details the mechanisms involved, the obstacles to be overcome, and the benefits that the success of this PSA will bring.
Independent living for the most excluded: case studies of local authorities and third sector organisations working together to help vulnerable groups into homes and jobs
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Cabinet Office. Office of the Third Sector, GREAT BRITAIN. Cabinet Office. Social Exclusion Taskforce
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Cabinet Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The socially excluded adults public service agreement (PSA 16) aims to ensure that the most socially excluded adults are offered the chance to get back on a path to a more successful life, by increasing the proportion of at-risk individuals in settled accommodation and in employment, education or training. PSA 16 focuses on 4 client groups who are particularly vulnerable to multiple forms of disadvantage: care leavers; offenders under probation supervision; adults in contact with secondary mental health services; and adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities. In 2009 the Office of the Third Sector and the Social Exclusion Task Force investigated 4 places where local authorities have used Supporting People funding to help individuals from PSA 16 groups into jobs and homes, to inform understanding of the third sector organisations which provide these services. This publication describes these 4 case studies, sketching the organisational structures in each place and the ways they help PSA 16 groups and giving contact details for each. The case studies are: Norwood in partnership with Redbridge Local Authority working with adults with learning disabilities; Foundation Housing with Leeds City Council working with ex-offenders; Tyneside Cyrenians and Newcastle City Council working with ex-offenders and people with mental health problems; and St Basils and Birmingham City Council working with young people who have been in care.