Short Term Housing Support

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What is Short Term Housing Support?

Housing Support is available for the purpose of enabling Tenants with short term housing support needs to maintain their tenancy and become independent in doing so. The Service enables individuals to keep their home and prevent them from losing their tenancy or becoming homeless.

If you have a tenancy and believe you have a short term housing support need then you could be eligible for Short Term Housing Support, whether you are a Fife Council tenant, own your home, rent from a landlord, are currently in temporary accommodation (unsupported), in sheltered housing, in a hostel environment, accommodation for the learning disabled, women's refuges or shared dwellings.

As part of this service we can help you get in touch with the right people and provide guidance and support with housing support tasks, including:

Issues around benefits, completing forms or making benefit claims
Issues with debt, money and budgeting, maximising your income, managing your money and paying your bills
Health and wellbeing, healthy living
Household skills
Access to services, Community awareness, Getting familiar with a new area
Lack of social networks, befriending, etc
Personal safety
Guidance on how to access education, employment, training and volunteering opportunities
Making referrals to other agencies for more specialised help

Referral for Assessment for Short Term Housing Support Services

Please read the accompanying guidance document before making this referral

Guide for general STHS Referrers (PDF 428Kb)

Guide for OP STHS Referrers (PDF 345Kb)

STHS website Referrers GDPR Briefing Note Guide for STHS Referrers (PDF 438Kb)

STHS Privacy Notice (PDF 521Kb)

Section 2 - Part B

Risk Alert (to be completed by referrer. If no risks are identified, please state this below. Blank or incomplete forms will be returned to referrer for completion). Social Work staff – Please also advise of any hazards noted on SWIFT system.

Tenure of home address:

Name of Landlord (organisation):

Is applicant residing at home address at time of referral?

If no please provide details of current accommodation

Has applicant applied for rehousing, please provide details (e.g. Date of application, housing organisation, geographic areas applied for, any other information)

Rehousing Details

Has applicant been offered a tenancy (awaiting move-in)?

Please provide further details

Landlord:

Postcode:

Estimated move-in date:

Section 3

Referrer's details

Referrer’s name:

Job Title:

Service/organisation:

Office address:

Referrer’s direct telephone number (please include extension number if applicable):

Referrer’s email address:

Referrer wishes to attend initial assessment?

SWIFT number:

Section 6

Categories of referrals. Please select if any of the following 6 categories are applicable to this application.

Application is via the Prevention First (prevention of homelessness) approach

Yes

Applicant is at risk of homelessness within next 6 months (e.g. high rent arrears, Notice to Quit)

Yes

Applicant is considered to be an Adult at Risk / Vulnerable Adult

Yes

Child within household is a Child at Risk (Child Protection issues)

Yes

Applicant is an existing service user of short term housing support services in Fife and requires to be transferred to an alternative short term housing support provider

Yes

Section 7

Please select if any of the following 3 questions are applicable to this application and provide details.

Has a Cause for Concern been submitted for applicant?

Cause for concern more details

Does applicant have a formal or informal carer?

More information on carers

Does applicant currently have, or ever had, a commissioned, long term housing support service via Social Work Services/ Health & Social Care Partnership?

More information on commissioned, long term housing support service

Section 9

To be completed by the applicant. (Referrers please note: If making an application on behalf of an individual, they must be aware of and give permission for the referral to be made).

I agree to this referral for Short Term Housing Support being made.

I Agree

How we use your information The information provided by you on this form will be used by Fife Council and the Homelessness & Short Term Housing Support Public Social Partnership (PSP) in order to process your application. It will be shared with the PSP members including the short term housing support providers and those involved in the management of your tenancy, temporary accommodation and/or accommodation-based support. Information including risk assessments will be obtained from referrers, landlords, voluntary and statutory bodies. Further information on how your information is used and why can be found here: www.fifedirect.org.uk/privacy/sths The Council’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted on: dataprotection@fife.gov.uk .

I Agree

Any other information

Important note:

Once clicking submit, please ensure you are directed to the confirmation screen. In the case that this does not happen, you will be returned to the top of the application page. Please check all mandatory fields have been completed (missing fields that require to be completed will be highlighted in red). Fix the errors and hit the submit button again, you should then be taken to the confirmation screen. If this does not happen, please get in touch with us on STHS@trustinfife.co.uk