2. Who is C4WS?
Community
Churches
Camden
Cold
Weather
Shelter

3. Providing emergency respite shelter. Supporting people into housing
Providing emergency respite shelter. Supporting people into housing. Helping people rebuild their lives.

4. What do we do?

5. Winter Night Shelter
Holistic welfare support
Jobs Club
Mentoring & Befriending
Friday Club
English Classes
Home From Home

6. Holistic welfare support

7. Welfare Team case-work 1-2-1
Holistic approach:
- what led someone to become homeless
- what possible barriers are there to sustaining new home
91% of those engaging with the Welfare Team secure housing

8. Jobs Club

9. Jobs Club
Set up in 2015 in anticipation of removal of EEA rights to benefits
Common request for support on our Mentoring and Befriending programme
Our commitment to helping people rebuild their lives after housing
Biggest factor in ensuring continued stability

10. Jobs Club
Work with three loose demographics:
1) Employment First – accounted for 25% of all guests last season
2) Those who want to become job-ready
3) Those unable to currently work

11. Jobs Club 68% of all guests in work or want to work
C4WS transformed from being housing specialist to housing and employment specialists
69% of Jobs Club users eligible and looking for work obtained employment
But this is a new field…

12. Transatlantic Exchange

13. Transatlantic Exchange 2017
Heartland Alliance, Chicago
Survival Jobs
Practical vs Psychological support
Trauma Informed Care
Individual Placement Support
Don’t be apologetic!

14. Transatlantic Exchange 2017
Heartland Alliance, Chicago
Asset Management
Transitional Jobs
Hospitality for refugees
Urban FarmWorks
Job Retention

15. My Learning

16. Jobs Club > Employment Support Pathway
Budget planning when starting work
Hosting to help Employment First
Employability Forum in Camden

17. Systemic Change

18. What next?
Data: how are homelessness and unemployment feeding into each other?
More transitional employment and less training courses
Working poor: is employment sustainable with growing living costs?
#lifttheban

19. Contact: Sam Forsdike