Housing, Care and Support: Volume 14 Issue 2

More for less? Using PIEs and recovery to improve efficiency in supported housing

Peter Cockersell

The purpose of this paper is to describe an example of a practical evidence‐based approach to improvement in the current climate of funding cuts.

Getting closer to young people: an example of how a housing organisation has attempted to gain better insight into their behaviours and attitudes in order to improve user satisfaction and change organisational culture

Veronica Coatham, Suzanne Lazarus, Peter Dalton

Using the example of the social housing sector, this paper seeks to evaluate the experiences of one organisation in attempting to learn more about a traditionally difficult to…

Supporting social inclusion of youth at risk using social software: impact, sustainability and evaluation, one year after pilot testing

Jan Dekelver, Wouter Van den Bosch, Jan Engelen

The aim of this case study is to report on the experiences of four social work organisations in four different European countries and their efforts to integrate the use of social…

(Three days in a) life on MARS

Vicky Palmer

This case study seeks to provide insight into the day‐to‐day operation of the MARS scheme, a service offered by Mansfield District Council to help homeless households secure good…

Business as usual?

Robin Johnson