1. Sanctuary Supported Living Kent Floating Support
How we can help……

2. Our Aims Weekly phone contact Monthly meetings with our clients
We provide Housing related support and our aim to ensure that our floating support service is supplied to vulnerable people as quickly and fairly as possible.
Our support includes a tailored package designed for the clients support need
Weekly phone contact
Monthly meetings with our clients
Multi agency working
Applying for accommodation via social or private landlords
Securing and maintaining a tenancy
Transitioning to a new tenancy
Help Finding suitable accommodation
Managing housing-related issues such as homelessness, evictions and re-settlement 
Moving on from supported accommodation
Signposting and accessing other services
Managing finances (budgeting and benefits)
Promoting dignity and respect
Enabling self confidence and self belief
Explain how important enabling is and self confidence

3. Who are our clients?
In west Kent we have over 1189 Generic and YP clients.
504 of those are in West Kent!
Employed/Unemployed
Suffering Mental Health
Young people 16-25years
Alcoholics
Substance Misuse
Offenders being released from prison
Sex offenders
Hoarders
Homeless/Sofa surfers
Families on child protection plans/ Child in need and Early help
people with physical disabilities and or learning disabilities
people with mental health needs.
Low level Domestic abuse

4. Did you Know? We have weekly drop ins in East Kent: Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Swale, Folkestone & Hythe, and Thanet West Kent: Dartford, Gravesham, Maidstone, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge & Malling, and Tunbridge Wells -West Kent 157 clients attend our surgeries -We have 41 project workers -We have over 30 supported accommodations in Kent -We have a monthly Newsletter just for our clients
Who attends a drop in?

5. Area
Location
Day
Time
Ashford
Ashford Gateway
Monday
10am to 4pm
Canterbury
Canterbury Council Offices
Monday - Friday
Dartford
Dartford Healthy Living Centre
Friday
Dartford (Hub only)
Dartford Civic Centre
9am to 5pm
Dover
Dover Gateway
Thursday
Gravesend
Gravesham Gateway
CGL
Tuesday
10am to 12pm
Shepway (Folkestone and Hythe)
The Rainbow Centre, Folkestone
10am to 1pm
Swale
Sheppey Gateway
Job Centre, Sittingbourne
2pm to 4pm
Thanet
Margate Gateway
Tonbridge
Tonbridge Gateway
Every second Monday of the month
Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells Gateway
Every first and third Tuesday of the month

6. What we are unable to offer:
Personal or health care, domiciliary, home care and shopping.
Therapeutic/ intensive behaviour management, rehabilitation and specialist counselling.
Help with transport/ mobility.
Training courses.
Crèche facilities.
Handyperson services such as home adaptations, maintenance, gardening, decorating.
Accompanying service users on a frequent basis to hospital/ doctors/ other specialist appointments.

7. Quiz How many homeless are there in West kent?
Shelter says its research shows 2,634 people in the county are either sleeping rough, have no home, or are in emergency accommodation
How many are in Dartford?
Data collated in November 2017 shows, in Dartford there are nine rough sleepers and 642 total homeless people.
Approx. what percentage of our clients are suffering with mental health?
Over 50% of our clients are suffering Mental Health!!

8. YP East Kent
2017/2018
2018/2019

9. Thank you Any questions?

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