Cold weather provision for rough sleepers

1. Cold weather provision for rough sleepers Gill Brown Chief Executive Brighter Futures Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable

2. No second night out • Reconnecting people • Working hostels • Personalised approaches • Interventions for people with no recourse • Better planned move on • Reduce the flow from outer London Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable

3. And also • Good robust data • 24 hour free phone line for public and rough sleepers • Better links between hostels Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable

4. Whole systems approach • Put customer at the centre of the service • Provide clear pathways through services and systems • Multi agency communication and joint working Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable

5. Joint Working • People and their needs at the centre of the process • Clear roles for each partner • Open exchange of information • Shared risk assessment • Joint working opportunities – Priority Needs Group Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable

6. Priority Needs Group • Multi agency • Operational partnership • Joint working Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable

7. Winter shelters • Purpose • Outcomes it will achieve • Synergy with existing services • Quality of opportunity as well as equality of opportunity Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable

8. Virtual winter shelter Referral only through the rough sleepers team. Temp beds in existing hostels Access to health and other services in the hostel Thorough risk assessments Focus on inclusion and needs Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable

9. Measures of success • People prevented from having to sleep rough • People helped off the streets quickly • People do not return to rough sleeping Passionate - Creative - Equal - Empowering - Sustainable