P5719 Enhanced Rough Sleeping Outreach Service (EROS

Descriptions

Provision of a street outreach service to rough sleepers., The contract includes a specialist rough sleeping outreach team (TH SORT) that aims to ensure no rough sleeper spends a second night on the street, no one remains living on the street, and rough sleepers who have been accommodated do not return to rough sleeping., The service will, • Support all rough sleepers who bed down on the streets of Tower Hamlets (400-500 annually) to exit the street and take up appropriate accommodation., • Provide a core outreach service that responds to Streetlink referrals, conducts early morning and late-night shifts 7 days a week, provides an assessment/ support planning/casework approach, conducts welfare checks on rough sleepers and makes safeguarding referrals as necessary., • Deliver a client-centred, trauma-informed service that can maintain trusting relationships with rough sleepers who have complex needs and challenging behaviours., • Have expertise to work effectively with a range of cohorts within the rough sleeping population, e.g. complex women who are involved in prostitution, non-UK nationals., • Provide an In-Reach service to ensure rough sleepers experience a smooth transition from the street into hostel accommodation and re-engage with former rough sleepers who are at risk of eviction or abandonment from hostel accommodation.