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Our First Home Service provides
First Home housing focused support to 16-24
year olds who are considering
moving into their first home.
*Care Experienced Young People
51 new + 17 new 51
FH CEYP* Affordability
Cases cases Improved
77% Positive 31
Outcome Permanently
Achieved/ Housed
Likely
In November 2018 the Centre
Foster Carer commenced a pilot Care
Experienced Young People's
“The Service is great, it’s definitely Service. This was an adapted
helped us and our placement move
in the right direction in a comfortable First Home model to provide an
way.” intensive, proactive and
inclusive Service for Care
Experienced Service Users.
FIRST HOME CASE STUDY
Prior to referral, 17 year old Miss L had been sofa surfing for several
Partner Agency weeks and her mental health has been adversely affected. Miss L was
referred to First Home after she applied as homeless.
“The service provided in the pilot has Miss L was living in fear due to Anti-Social behaviour near her temp flat.
We liaised with her SAC Homeless Officer to request she was moved to
been invaluable to care experienced suitable accommodation due to her specific vulnerabilities and needs.
young people and provides much needed We continued to work on tenancy preparation and budgeting skills.
support that other agencies cannot provide. Miss L was offered a permanent tenancy which she viewed and accepted.
The information and advice given allows the Intensive work continued to ensure Miss L was equipped to successfully
young person to gain a better understanding sustain her first home.
of what is involved/required when they gain After a period of settlement we continued to explore aspirations, and
their own tenancy. This preparation will assisted with a successful college and bursary application. Better off
calculations were carried out to ensure Miss L could make an informed
help them to move into a tenancy and choice, and she was financially able to attend college and maintain her
to sustain it.” full time employment. We applied for various grant assistance to support
her throughout the pandemic.
Miss L's mental health, confidence and family relationships have
significantly improved and she is successfully sustaining her first home.
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