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Photo awards 2011
Six winning entries were announced at the Scottish Housing and Support Conference on 5th October. Prize winners came from Thurso, Glasgow, Dunoon and Edinburgh to collect their awards. To view the photographs use the Flickr icon below or click the ‘More Information’ link below.
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Publications
The publications section gives access to HSEU publications as well as other publications related to Housing Support in Scotland and Supporting People throughout the rest of the UK.
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Mailing List
The HSEU provides regular briefings and updates via our online newsletter Forum and our newsflash service.
Forthcoming Events
Dumfries Housing Support Providers Event
14 Feb 2012
This event, organised by the Housing Support Enabling Unit,
will provide an opportunity for Housing Support…
Housing Benefit and Supported Housing in the light of proposed reform
17 Feb 2012
This training will examine how supported housing services will be affected by proposed welfare reform.
Personalisation and housing support seminar
21 Mar 2012
As part of the Providers and Personalisation programme the HSEU is delivering a seminar for housing support…
About Housing Support Enabling Unit
Housing Support services are provided to vulnerable people, with the goal of improving their quality of life by providing a stable environment to enable independent living.
The aim of the Housing Support Enabling Unit is to offer support and assistance to providers of housing support in the voluntary, private and Registered Social Landlord sectors.
Providers of housing support benefit from regular news updates, briefings and the sharing of experience of providers across the country.
Housing Support Practice
Survey on Personalisation and Self-Directed Support
Social Care Ideas Factory and Social Value Lab are looking for your views on Personalisation and Self-Directed Support in Glasgow. Register your views here before 17th Feburary 2012.
Art of Living Lifestyle Show 2012, 3rd April, Glasgow
Social Care Ideas Factory have opened bookings for both organisations and visitors for this event. For more information, email SCIF.
Change Fund Guidance 2012/13
The Scottish Government is making £80m available in 2012/13 for the second year of the Change Fund aimed at helping older people avoid crises resulting in hospital or residential care admissions. The deadline for local partnership Change Fund plans is 17th February 2012. See the guidance and a covering letter from the Government on the JIT website.
National Strategy for Housing for Older People
The Scottish Government launched its housing strategy for older people on 20th December 2011. It looks ahead 10 years and recognises the important role which housing support can play in achieving its objectives. It states, ' our vision for 2021 is that preventative support services will have contributed to a reduction in the need for care homes and emergency admission to hospital, as well as improving people's quality of life'
Interested in trying Better Futures?
For organisations that have not already registered to use the system, the web based recording system is free of charge up to March 2012. Find out more.
Duty to assess and assist homeless people with support needs
Local authorities will have a statutory duty to assess the housing support needs of homeless people under section 32B of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (inserted by the Housing(Scotland)Act 2010). Local authorities will also have a duty to make provision to meet the housing support need assessed. The Scottish Government is now holding a consultation about the regulations needed to underpin these requirements. The deadline for responses is 11th April 2012
Do you provide Housing with Care for older people?
If so, the Joseph Roundtree Foundation (JRF) would like to hear from you. JRF is conducting research into the boundaries of professional roles and responsibilities relating to housing with care for older people. To share your experiences with the researchers please complete the survey.
More information about the study is available here.
Reshaping Care for Older People Network Event
A learning and sharing event will be held in Dunfermline on March 7th 2012. For more information and to register, have a look at the flyer for the event.
Review of Social Work complaints
The current way complaints about Social Work are handled is being reviewed. The Scottish Government is conducting a consultation about how to standardise the process and make it simpler and quicker. The response deadline is 18th March 2012. Find out more here.
Homelessness and Role of Support Workers
How can policy and practice more effectively tackle homelessness, and how does it overlap with people's other support needs? The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) research can be found here.
HSEU research into housing support funding
Read the full report of the 2010 research findings.
Welfare Reform
The Scottish Government asks for more consultation before it can consent to the UK Government's Welfare Reform Bill. Find out more here.
