Homes with support
Housing First and housing with care.
- Level
- Bitesize
- Learning time
- 1 hour 15 minutes
- Where
- Homes and residents
- Price
- £39
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Certificate of Completion
Overview and Outcomes.
Overview
Housing and support work best when they are designed together, rather than bolted on afterwards. The story of Housing First opens the course, from Sam Tsemberis and Pathways to Housing to Finland's national strategy, with Homeless Link's seven principles, why fidelity matters, an honest reading of the evidence and costs from England's regional pilots, and what the model needs to work in Wales. Housing with care follows, comparing general needs housing with extra care and supported living, explaining dual regulation alongside the Care Quality Commission in England or Care Inspectorate Wales, and offering takeaways for leaders governing schemes at the boundary of two worlds.
What you'll develop
In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:
- Explain how Housing First differs from the staircase model, and why it treats a home as a foundation for recovery rather than a reward.
- Distinguish general needs housing, extra care housing and supported living by purpose, population and the support built into the offer.
- Assess whether a service is true to Homeless Link's seven Housing First principles, and recognise how small changes to caseloads, support or conditions erode fidelity.
- Explain dual regulation, identifying which body regulates the housing and which regulates the care in England and in Wales.
- Interpret the evidence and value case from England's regional pilots honestly, and identify the conditions your area needs for Housing First to work.
- Plan governance and assurance that covers both the housing and care regulatory positions of a scheme, including where care is delivered by a partner.
The Modules.
1 hour 15 minutes of learning.
- 10Housing FirstHousing First offers people with long histories of homelessness and multiple disadvantage a settled home first, with flexible support around the tenancy. This module traces the model from Sam Tsemberis and Pathways to Housing to Finland's national strategy, sets out Homeless Link's seven principles and why fidelity matters, and reads the evidence and costs from England's regional pilots honestly, including what the model needs to work in Wales.39 min
- 11Housing With Care: Extra Care, Supported Living and Dual RegulationHousing with care is a distinct operating model where housing and care are designed and delivered together. This module compares general needs housing with extra care and supported living, then focuses on dual regulation: the housing regulator alongside the Care Quality Commission in England or Care Inspectorate Wales. It explores why extra care has grown and offers practical takeaways for leaders governing schemes at the boundary of two worlds.38 min