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Homelessness - Implications For Working With Families Children and Young People

People who are involved in children’s cases know how homelessness or potential homelessness can affect a family and also the services that can be provided for them. Homelessness can also affect young people who leave their families for whatever reason. In order to assist these clients it is important that all workers understand the legislation under which Bradford Community Housing Trust (which used to be the Housing Directorate of the Council) works because it is this legislation which can govern the response given to people who present as homeless.

This course is designed to introduce this topic to you and will give you an opportunity to learn the law and then apply it to child protection scenarios. By learning the criteria which are applied to people who present as homeless you will understand the difficulties faced by the Housing Advice Service and at the end of the course you will be able to give some advice to your clients about these issues or at the very least give them advice on where to get help.

Who will present the course?

The course will be presented by Bradford Community Housing Trust, the Housing Advice Service of Bradford Council

What does the course cover?

The criteria used for assisting people who present as homeless
Assistance for young people who are homeless
Links with Social Services and other Agencies
“Homehunter” services
How Child Protection cases may be affected by the application of Housing Law
Application of Housing Law to child care scenarios

To view the dates and the booking form for this course, please click on the database link below and enter 'Homelessness' into the 'Search Keywords' text field. This will display the various dates and you are able to see further information by clicking on the 'View' buttons.

If there are no search results shown for this course, it is likely that no future dates have been set at present. If this is the case, please contact the number below to find out further information.

Link to the Workforce Development training course database

Workforce Development only take bookings for Bradford Council Social Care employed staff.

If you are from another BSCB member agency please contact your training rep or contact Bradford Safeguarding Children Board for more information The BSCB welcomes participants from Agencies or Organisations who are not part of the BSCB but there may be a charge of £50 for attending the course. 01274 435086