Name: Homelessness Prevention in Young People
Start: 2025-09-29T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-12-09T15:30:00+01:00
Location: Civic Centre, Committee room 3

This training is mandatory for:
A&I
FSP
AIPT
C-SPOC
Supporting Families
Housing Officers
Advocacy Service (Barnardo’s)
About this Event

In 2024, Ofsted identified that the response to 16- and 17-year-olds presenting as homeless in Southend needed improvement.

To address this, Southend City Council (SCC) finalised the Joint Protocol for 16- and 17-year-olds who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in June 2025.

We would also like to offer a training programme that is aiming to help practitioners with:

✅ Understand who is responsible for assessing homelessness or risk of homelessness in young people.

✅ Learn how to respond effectively when a young person is at risk of homelessness.

✅ Explore tools and resources to support prevention in your practice.

✅ Consider the young person’s family and support network in both short- and long-term planning.

✅ Identify key partners in a multi-agency approach and their roles.

✅ Plan for parallel and contingency options to reduce risk.

✅ Test your knowledge through real-life case scenarios.

This training is mandatory for:

🔹 A&I
🔹 FSP
🔹 AIPT

🔹 C-SPOC

🔹 Supporting Families

🔹 Housing Officers

🔹 Advocacy Service (Barnardo’s’)

🎒 You'll leave with practical tools!

All attendees will receive learning materials and resources at the end of the session to support your ongoing work with young people at risk of homelessness.