Homelessness legislation and adults
Thu 14 Mar
|Microsoft Teams
This session looks at homelessness legislation and how this works in some detail. We will cover rough sleeping, the Care Act 2014, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and working with adults who have multiple and complex needs who are also homeless.
Time & Location
14 Mar 2024, 09:30 – 12:30
Microsoft Teams
About the Event
Open to all social work practitioners across Adult and Children's Services within the West Midlands Social Work Teaching Partnership. Please see our Partner organisations below.
Session overview: This session will provide information about the statutory tests of homelessness, how they work and how they apply to families and single people, or couples with no dependents. Focusing on homelessness and legislation regarding adults, rough sleeping, coming out of hospital, the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in relation to vulnerable adults who are homeless.
Facilitator: Anna Whalen works as a freelance consultant across England with local authorities and some third sector agencies on homelessness.
She has a background working with young people and worked as a senior manager in Children’s Services responsible for setting up and managing a multi-disciplinary Service for older teenagers who were looked after, young people leaving care, and 16/17-year-olds who were homeless.
In 2008 Anna…