London Borough of Brent- Long Term Outcomes of Housing Support
Research type
Research Study
Full title
London Borough of Brent long-term outcomes research to evaluate effectiveness of housing-related support
IRAS ID
146701
Contact name
Burcu Borysik
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
London Borough of Brent
Research summary
Brent Council commissioned research into the longer term outcomes for service users of Housing Related Support (HRS) services. They wish to develop a profile to understand the impact of that service on service users and the longer term benefits to the individual and the impact that the HRS service has had on individuals subsequent call on others services, whether they be housing/housing support, day care, health, including mental health or substance misuse interventions, residential care or the criminal justice system.
Qualitative research with service users will explore the extent to which people who have used HRS coped during the first year, how equipped they felt at the point of leaving the service; what interventions would have prepared them better for independent living, whether they know of support networks accessible to them after HRS, to what extent they felt they sustained the outcomes they achieved whilst receiving HRS; if they encountered difficulties, the types of difficulty/problems that they faced and how they overcome them.
Study will identify individuals’ management of household tasks and finances, extent of their family and social networks, community involvement, engagement in education, training and employment, health (and substance misuse problems), and any help and support received and needed during the last 12 months.
For those individuals who have successfully maintained their outcomes, the study will describe their impact of HRS in achieving positive outcomes beyond their accommodation- such as, in developing and maintaining informal support networks, maintaining good health and in employment/education/training.
Where individuals have not settled and are either back in services /in hospital /care/prison, study will identify what failed within that first 6-12 months and collect any view the service user has as to what might have helped prevent this.
Comparisons will then draw service user led policy recommendations to improve the effectiveness of HRS.
REC name
Social Care REC
REC reference
13/IEC08/0053
Date of REC Opinion
20 Jan 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion