Anna Johansson
Länken - supporting rough sleepers from initial point of contact to housing
2012-07-09
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Stockholms Stadsmission – key facts
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• Founded in 1853• Christian roots and ethos – equal opportunities for all is core value• Today Not for-profit Civil Society Organisation• Core services: Education, Social Enterprise, Social Services• Approx 400 paid members of staff, 300 part-time volunteers• Three main funding streams; public grants/contracted services,
donations/sponsorship, revenue from Social Enterprise• Provide services to 1200 children, young people and adults daily
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Painting the picture – homelessness in Stockholm
• 2982 people homeless in Stockholm, including 400 rough sleepers
• Increase in national homelessness figures 30-45 % since 1999
• 30 % of homeless diagnosed with dual diagnosis
• Alcohol- and drug dependency problematic
• Mental health issues common
• Focus on “roof over head-guarantee”
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Contact:Outreach work
Build trust
Day Centre services:
Basis of change
Ombudsmanship:On service user's
own terms
Resettlement: Ensure
sustainability
Model built on high service user involvement and qualitative advocacy work- private funding enables us to work on service user's own terms
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Länken can provide services for 140 individuals at any one time
• 30 people in sustainable housing / year
• 75 % reach own goals / year
• Provide day center services for 150 people/day
• Model evaluated by service user revision
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