Floating Housing Support – Delivered by • Turning Point Scotland • Simon Communities • Churches Action for the Homeless
Support Type:
Need supported:
- Accommodation / Homelessness
- Alcohol
- Domestic Abuse
- Drugs
- Employability / Training / Career
- Financial Inclusion
- Health / Wellbeing
- Mental Health
- Military Veterans
- Other
- Re-integration
- Short-term Prisoners
- Women
Aim/Purpose:
Floating Housing Support Service is an outcomes focused service, working with individuals for a period of 6-9 months to enable them to develop the skills to independently maintain and sustain a tenancy and prevent repeated homelessness. The service provides person-centred, wrap around support, working in a trauma-informed way. Workers build relationships with the people, walk alongside to assist them to sustain their tenancy avoiding homelessness.
Suitability criteria:
- All genders
- All ages
Assessment/referral process:
- Self-referral
The service will work with any individual with their own tenancy or moving into their own tenancy (regardless of tenure – social landlord, private let, owner occupier etc). Referrals can be made by anyone – these are submitted to a central point within PKC and allocated to a provider within the area. Referral forms can be found at https://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/20913/Floating-housing-support this also holds referral criteria and email address for referral form to be submitted too.
Contact information:
Website links:
Further Information:
www.simonscotland.org
www.cath-org.co.uk
Jodie Gordon Turning Point Scotland Housing and Support Services 3 Grosvenor House Shore Road Perth PH2 8BD Tel: 01738 637268 PerthFHSAdmin@turningpointscotland.com Tracy Orr Simon Community Scotland Community-based throughout Perth centre & North Tel: 07572138150 hello@simonscotland.org Alisa Artiukh Head of Operation and Development CHURCHES ACTION FOR THE HOMELESS 188-190 High Street Perth PH1 5PA a.artiukh@cath-org.co.uk