Supporting households with no recourse to public funds: key elements and service models
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Contents
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1.
Introduction
1.1 Social care duties and further guidance
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Key elements of service delivery
2.1 Oversight
2.1.1 Organisational oversight
2.1.2 Caseload oversight
2.1.3 Financial oversight and planning
2.2 Training and supervision
2.2.1 Social workers and caseworkers
2.2.2 Council-wide awareness and understanding
2.3 Referral routes
2.4 Assessment of need
2.5 Provision of accommodation and subsistence
2.5.1 Provision of accommodation
2.5.2 Subsistence
2.6 Provision of social care beyond destitution relief
2.7 Discretionary support and edge of care
2.8 Pathways off support
2.8.1 Immigration advice
2.8.2 NRPF Connect
2.8.3 Supporting people to access employment
2.8.4 Accessing benefits advice
2.9 Hospital discharge
2.10 Transition to mainstream support
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Service delivery models
3.1 Overview
3.2 Dedicated workers and teams
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Model 1: Dedicated NRPF social workers
4.1 Overview
4.2 How key elements are delivered
4.3 Potential challenges
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Model 2: Dedicated NRPF caseworkers
5.1 Overview
5.2 How key elements are delivered
5.3 Potential challenges
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Model 3: No dedicated NRPF workers
6.1 Overview
6.2 How key elements are delivered
6.3 Potential challenges
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Specialised NRPF Roles
4.1 Rough sleepers NRPF Lead
4.2 NRPF social work champion
4.3 Political champion
4.4 Hospital-based NRPF discharge officer
4.5 NRPF administrator
4.6 NRPF housing team
Acknowlegements