Changing Futures sets to improve the way that systems and services work to support individuals facing multiple disadvantage:

• Coproduction and peer support – South Yorkshire Housing Association works in partnership with Crisis, are delivering a Coproduction and Peer Support service. This service is increasing the influence of people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage on the design and delivery of services and the city’s overall strategy and approach to multiple disadvantage. They are working to increase the number of ways in which people currently experiencing multiple disadvantage can benefit from empathetic and credible role models.
• Core Delivery Team – caseload of 81 adults (7 per case worker). People receiving support from the progragramme also have access to additional psychiatric, psychological and primary care support, alongside personalisation budgets to meet their goals.
• Positive Activities – partnered with the Sheffield Drug and Alcohol Commissioning Team to co-commission the ‘Positive Activities for Adults in Recovery Fund’ which is administered and coproduced by South Yorkshire Housing Association.
• Learning and Development – Via Project 6, developing and offering bespoke training and awareness-raising activities, centred on knowledge of multiple disadvantage and implementing trauma-informed and person-centred approaches. Learning from all areas of the programme at a system level to develop consensus and sustainable, collective solutions.
• Enhanced and dedicated specialist support – increased the capacity of Sheffield Homeless Assessment and Support Team which provides access to healthcare services. Partnered with Paradigm Psychology to provide psychological support to support caseload and staff. Working with Cranstaun to deliver specialist support service for perpetrators of domestic violence.
• Data and Information Sharing – Mixture of data-led and operational intelligence approaches to inform how we work, from identifying caseload to helping inform service design and delivery. Repeatedly seek consent to share specific information with specific partners when needed. Developing a client portal so those supported have direct access to their records at any time.

Steps to success - National Education, Training and Employment programme, designed to support young people from 16 to 25 to build the skills, knoweldge and confidence to achieve their employment goals.

Key elements include:

• Connecting clients to information and opportunities to equip them with the skills they need to succeed.
• Working with young people to overcome financial barriers to ETE
• Developing clients skills, knoweldge and confidence
• Promoting and connecting clients to relevant volunteering opportunities
• Offering nationally recognised training that is tailored to the requirements of the individual.

Contact us via 0114 273 6306 or visiting Howden House.

This service helps young single homeless people aged 16-30, who are at risk or vulnerable, with support needs. They can accept couples and no local connection is required. Self referral.

Improve life chances while living independently:

• Supporting clients to meet their goals through matching client's qualities, aspirations and interests; one-one support to improve IT and admin skills with CV building advice and interview techniques
• Assisting the client to overcome financial barriers such as accessing grants
• Encouragement to access training providers in colleges, six forms, apprenticeships, volunteer work, open university

This wellbeing service offers several personal development courses for people to attend, ranging from Confidence Building classes to a Cooking Group.

Nomad Opening Doors exist to improve access to decent, affordable housing while helping people to transition out of homelessness. Provides ongoing support to enable clients to develop skills and resilience to avoid homelessness in the future. Currently NOMAD have 65 rooms – 19 training flats and 46 private rented.

• Smartsteps supports people into training flats or private rented accommodation. Each tenant is then supported by a:
  • Housing Officer, who helps people develop the skills needed to sustain a tenancy.
  • Progression and Development Officer, supports people throughout their journey with Nomad, as they work towards the goals and aspirations of each individual tenant on a one to one basis.
• Support in enrolment in further education or finding a hobby
• Housing Benefit/Universal Credit application support

The local job centre can help find work and also help to administer claims for Welfare Benefits. Opening hours Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00 only.

A 54 bed hostel with supported accomadation for men over the age of 18. The service provides internal support for mental health, substance misuse and provides a range of daily activities and support for our clients. The service also has 12 move on flats to enanble independant living.

To recieve a potential referral to this supported accomodation, please contact accommodation_team@sheffield.gov.uk.

We help and support unemployed men of all ages who are trying to get into work by giving them a styling session, suit, shirt, tie and shoes or smart casual clothing when they have the offer of a job interview and they do not have or are unable to afford to buy suitable clothing. Interview skills training and practical skills, which may include something as simple as how to iron a shirt, are also offered.

Referral Needed

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We help our vendors access the services they need - whether that's accommodation; training and education, access to GPs, dentists and other health and social support services, or other projects such as art and gardening.

The Greens drug and alcohol recovery accommodation in Sheffield. They can help with:

• Accommodation
• One to one support and group programmes
• Support to improve your mental and physical health
• Managing your money
• Building your confidence
• Maintaining your recovery
• Education, training and employment

Thrive, accommodation and support for vulnerable and homeless individuals, including those with complex needs. Aim to support individuals towards independent living and addressing issues such as benefits and tenancy support, budgeting, managing bills, debt advice/management as well as signposting to other specific charities & organisations across the region.

• Clients become ‘members’ of THRIVE for life and in cases of chronic and terminal conditions, people will be supported to access palliative care and end-of-life care.
• Package includes a budget for activities, and to fund interests and hobbies that clients might be encouraged to take up or resume.
• A caseworker that has five clients, offering up to eight hours of support and contact per person each week.

Sheffield Housing Solutions 0114 273 6306 or visiting Howden House

We offer great opportunities to develop through education and training. You can start on a Study Programme or a Traineeship to build the skills needed in the work place and then step into an Apprenticeship.