A step by step approach to improving lives. One-day conference, supported by the Home Office

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE

From engagement through to employment, this conference will guide you through the spectrum of activities that help homeless people move on with their lives.

Involvement in meaningful activity can equip an individual with the skills, motivation and ‘personal space’ needed to address the problems that have led to their homelessness. They can rebuild self-esteem, personal relationships and quality of life. Informal learning activities can also lead to wide ranging improvements in mental and physical health for homeless people. For others who are more ready to move on, structured training and education courses can help them gain the skills they need to operate in the job market and find sustainable employment.

It is important that all activities are recognised as valid and that outcomes are measured both in terms of personal change (‘soft’ outcomes) and educational and employment successes (‘hard’ outcomes).

The Home Office are supporting Homeless Link with this event as a joined up approach to service delivery and to help improve outcomes for clients.

This conference helps support two core aims of the Government’s latest rough sleeping strategy:

• action 3: we will extend positive activities that motivate and empower people to take greater control in their lives
• action 4: we will tackle worklessness

Please click here to view the strategy in detail.

Homelessness to employment is an opportunity to:

• hear how access to meaningful activities are key to rebuilding self-esteem
• hear how to work with challenging clients including those who might have additional needs to help address their substance misuse and/or offending.
• look at possible ways of offering structured and accredited training courses to clients
• examine the business planning needed to make a social enterprise a success and share ideas of possible models within our social enterprise zone
• find out how to overcome potential barriers to employment
• learn how to coach and mentor soft skills to get clients ready for work
• find out about brokering employment opportunities for service users
• learn how to support CEE clients into work
• network and share ideas.

Book your place

Please click here to book your place at the conference. Or call 020 7960 3032 or email: kate.alaway@homelesslink.org.uk

Details of seminars will follow shortly.

Conference Fee

• Homeless Link band Community & A: £120
• Homeless Link band B, C, D & E: £155
• Non-member: £225

Homeless Link membership costs from £10 a year. Please call 020 7960 3032 to enquire about your membership status or to become a member.

Venue details

The Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA

Tel: 020 7700 0100

The Resource Centre is situated just 200 yards from the Holloway Road underground station and is on main bus routes from King's Cross and London Bridge.