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Supporting People and the future of housing-related support
- Authors:
- ELIOT Jake, HAMILTON Nigel
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 12(2), September 2009, pp.30-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Supporting People provides housing-related support to vulnerable people who do not qualify for statutory care. It currently helps around one million people at any one time, with the emphasis on prevention and early intervention to meet needs before they escalate. It has been demonstrated to save health and social services budgets through, for example, the avoidance of hospital admissions and reduced number of ‘looked-after’ children. In April 2009 the ring fence around Supporting People funding was removed, creating the risk that funding will be diverted away from prevention schemes to other priorities. This article considers the current issues in providing housing-related support and offers a range of measures to help connect housing, health and social care more effectively and ultimately to offer improved service and better commissioning. The article also summarises the actions that will be taken to help protect local Supporting People services and make sure that Supporting People will develop, adapt and respond to future needs.
Creating sustainable communities: supporting independence: consultation on a strategy for the Supporting People programme
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document sets out and consults upon the Government's views on the further development of the provision of housing-related support services to enable vulnerable people to live independently, as currently provided through the Supporting People programme. It sets out a proposed model to better enable focussed and integrated service delivery, and asks whether any changes are required to better enable this to happen.
Very accommodating
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.06.05, 2005, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how a small team in Hounslow, west London, is able to provide a highly related Supporting People programme.
Supported housing: understanding need and supply
- Author:
- NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is focused on the need for and supply of supported housing for people of working age in England. Supported housing improves vulnerable people’s health and independence and helps ease the pressure on the NHS and care services. The research shows that, in 2015/16, there is a shortfall of 15,600 available places in supported housing for people of working age, representing over 14 per cent of existing supply. In four years this is expected to grow to a shortfall of almost 30,000 available places. The report suggests that reduced revenue funding, challenging commissioning and partnering structures, and the wider housing crisis all contribute to the growing crisis in this sector. The report calls on the Government to help tackle the shortfall through more joined up, cross-departmental approaches to the provision of capital and revenue funding for supported housing, and by releasing NHS land for housing. To avoid compounding supply problems the Government should exclude housing for vulnerable people from any reductions in social rents and the proposed Local Housing Allowance cap in the social sector. (Edited publisher abstract)
Right on the button - new technology bringing peace of mind
- Authors:
- BURROUGHES Sarah, BARTLE John, JOHNSON Robin
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 13(1), February 2009, pp.31-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the innovative Support Management and Response Team (SMaRT) scheme operated by Nottingham Community Housing Association. The scheme shows how new technology can allow remodelling of conventional supported accommodation and floating support approaches and create a new approach to supporting independence.
Commentary: irrational exuberance for the aging in place of vulnerable low-income older homeowners
- Author:
- GOLANT Stephen M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 20(4), 2008, pp.379-397.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
US policy on vulnerable older adults is increasingly focused on home- and community-based care, and this is reportedly the preference of older people themselves. This paper argues that a one-size-fits-all policy is inappropriate, especially for low-income homeowners living in the country’s oldest housing stock whose demographic characteristics put them at greater risk of having both unmet housing and care needs. This, in turn, has spillover effects on their neighbourhoods. Such people would be better cared for if they moved to smaller, more affordable, easier to maintain and better designed owner-occupied or rented housing, or to planned older people’s rented housing complexes with additional care. However, such moves are often not feasible because of lack of provision of such housing. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Housing's wider role
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.9.01, 2001, pp.iv-vi.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government's Supporting People programme aims to improve services for people in sheltered and supported housing. Looks at its effects on four projects caring for vulnerable people.
Supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals: challenges and opportunities for providers in Chicago, USA
- Authors:
- QUINN Katherine, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 26(1), 2018, pp.e31-e38.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Chronically homeless individuals often have extensive health, mental health and psychosocial needs that pose barriers to obtaining and maintain supportive housing. This study aims to qualitatively explore supportive housing providers’ experiences and challenges with housing chronically homeless individuals and examine opportunities to improve supportive housing systems of care. In 2014, the authors conducted qualitative in-depth interviews with 65 programme administrators and case managers of supportive housing programmes in Chicago, IL. Data were analysed using an inductive thematic content analysis. Analysis revealed four themes that capture the primary challenges faced by housing providers: housing priorities, funding cuts, co-ordinated entry and permanency of housing. Housing for the chronically homeless has been prioritised, yet service providers are being expected to provide the necessary services to meet the needs of this population without commensurate funding increases or agency capacity. Additionally, case managers and administrators discussed the tension over housing tenure and the permanency of supportive housing. Findings provide qualitative insight into the challenges providers face implementing supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals. (Publisher abstract)
Previous homelessness as a risk factor for recovery from serious mental illnesses
- Authors:
- CASTELLOW Jennifer, KLOOS Bret, TOWNLEY Greg
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 51(6), 2015, pp.674-684.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This paper argues that the experience of homelessness is inherently traumatic and thus has the potential to affect the manifestation of mental illness. The experiences related to being homeless might act as specific and unique sources of vulnerability. This study included 424 people diagnosed with serious mental illnesses living in supported housing programmes in South Carolina. Three hierarchical regression analyses measuring the impact of homelessness on three types of outcomes revealed the following: (1) ever experiencing homelessness as well as the amount of time spent homeless were related to higher levels of psychiatric distress, (2) ever experiencing homelessness was related to higher levels of reported alcohol use, and (3) total amount of time spent homeless was related to lower perceived recovery from mental illness. These findings suggest that experiencing homelessness might contribute to psychosocial vulnerability to negative mental health outcomes. (Edited publisher abstract)
The impact of government cuts across housing, care and support on vulnerable people
- Author:
- BIRD Emily
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 13(4), December 2010, pp.33-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In this opinion piece, the author (a policy leader at the National Housing Federation), considers the effects of UK government cuts across the housing, care and support sector on vulnerable people. She argues for the human and financial costs of savings to be fully considered, believing that these could outweigh the short-term financial savings. The importance of understanding local variations in funding and therefore cutbacks in housing related support is stressed. The author believes that local discussion is key to determining how spending decisions are made. The article goes on to set out what the National Housing Federation is doing to urge the government to consider the impact of the cuts on vulnerable people in particular.