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Homelessness, its scale and multiple disadvantage.

Level
Bitesize
Learning time
2 hours
Where
Homelessness, Mental Health and Multiple Disadvantage
Price
£39

When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Read the full terms

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About this course

Overview and Outcomes.

Overview

This module lays the foundations for the programme: homelessness as a housing problem and much more, the full spectrum from rough sleeping to hidden homelessness and people at risk, and why person-first language matters. It draws on Corey Keyes's dual continua, the Welsh Adverse Childhood Experiences study led by Mark Bellis, and the shift from managing homelessness to ending it, with five things leaders do. This module looks at the latest homelessness figures for Wales and England, how each nation counts, and what the numbers cannot tell you. It covers England's rough sleeping snapshot and temporary accommodation, Wales's monthly management information, hidden homelessness, the shifting the burden pattern, and a short history of homelessness law from 1977 to 2026, keeping the person behind every number in view. This module reframes multiple disadvantage as complex systems rather than complex people. It draws on Hard Edges, the 2015 study by Glen Bramley, Suzanne Fitzpatrick and colleagues for Lankelly Chase, to explore poverty plus, the overlapping domains, gender, and who is most affected and where. It then sets out the features of coordinated support, including the MEAM Approach, and a matrix for locating your own service.

What you'll develop

In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:

  1. Describe the full spectrum of homelessness, from rough sleeping and temporary accommodation to hidden homelessness and people at risk, and explain why a home is where recovery starts.
  2. Explain the structural, individual and institutional causes of homelessness, and use the Welsh Adverse Childhood Experiences findings with balance rather than as predictions for individuals.
  3. Apply the five things leaders do to move your services from managing homelessness towards ending it, so that services fit people rather than people fitting services.
  4. Interpret the headline figures on rough sleeping and temporary accommodation in Wales and England, including how each nation counts and why the figures are not like for like.
  5. Identify what official figures miss, including hidden homelessness, repeat homelessness, deaths, overlapping disadvantage and how homelessness feels.
  6. Outline how homelessness law has developed from 1977 to 2026, and use the shifting the burden pattern to question what spending on temporary accommodation may be crowding out.
  7. Explain the reframing from complex people to complex systems, and how services built for one need create gaps for people facing several.
  8. Describe the main findings of Hard Edges, including poverty plus, the overlapping domains, gender and the places most affected, and recognise their limits.
What it covers

The Modules.

2 hours of learning.

  1. 01Foundations: Homelessness, Mental Health and Multiple DisadvantageThis module lays the foundations for the programme: homelessness as a housing problem and much more, the full spectrum from rough sleeping to hidden homelessness and people at risk, and why person-first language matters. It draws on Corey Keyes's dual continua, the Welsh Adverse Childhood Experiences study led by Mark Bellis, and the shift from managing homelessness to ending it, with five things leaders do.40 min
  2. 02The Scale and Shape of Homelessness in Wales and EnglandThis module looks at the latest homelessness figures for Wales and England, how each nation counts, and what the numbers cannot tell you. It covers England's rough sleeping snapshot and temporary accommodation, Wales's monthly management information, hidden homelessness, the shifting the burden pattern, and a short history of homelessness law from 1977 to 2026, keeping the person behind every number in view.40 min
  3. 03Multiple Disadvantage: Hard Edges and BeyondThis module reframes multiple disadvantage as complex systems rather than complex people. It draws on Hard Edges, the 2015 study by Glen Bramley, Suzanne Fitzpatrick and colleagues for Lankelly Chase, to explore poverty plus, the overlapping domains, gender, and who is most affected and where. It then sets out the features of coordinated support, including the MEAM Approach, and a matrix for locating your own service.38 min
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Part of the Homelessness, Mental Health and Multiple Disadvantage topic, also sold whole as No wrong door.

How credit works

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  1. You are hereBitesize, 2 hours, £39
  2. Next stepFocus, The whole person, 3 hours 30 minutes, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
  3. Explore, Behind every door, 6 hours, £129. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £90.
  4. The whole topicImmerse, No wrong door, 11 hours, £249. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £210.

When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms

Also part of: Health, care and home, Health and care, joined up, Every door the right door

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