Listening to BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine show yesterday left me feeling deflated. In a debate about the archaic cliché “the deserving and undeserving poor” the overwhelming message coming back from callers and interviewees seems to be that we should stop giving out state benefits to those who are not deemed to be deserving of [...]
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They’re just unjust deserts… or are they?
Posted in Poverty, problematic behaviour, support work, tagged children, poverty on July 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Nudge, Nudge…wink, wink
Posted in addiction, motivation, problematic behaviour, tagged addiction, alcohol, problematic behaviour, transformation on July 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Today “The House of Lords science and technology committee said ministers seemed to be mistaken in their use of what is known as the nudge theory.” ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14187802 ) Nudge theory is the idea that changes are made to the social and physical environment without legislation that encourage (or discourage) specific behaviour. One example of this would [...]
Where do homeless people come from
Posted in addiction, emotional support, Health, heroin, homeless, mental health, motivation, Poverty, problematic behaviour, rough sleeping, street homelessness, tagged addiction, alcohol, children, emotional support, engagement, homeless, Homelessness, offending behaviour, rough sleeper, rough sleeping, street homelessness, support work on July 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Children’s Society yesterday reported on the numbers of pre-teen runaways increasing (link below) and the risks that these young people face once they have fled their home or care. The report noted that a child runs away from home every five minutes in the UK and one in three of these will go unreported. [...]
Are you cops?
Posted in emotional support, homeless, Leeds, offending behaviour, problematic behaviour, rough sleeping, street homelessness on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the volunteers and I were walking through the centre of Leeds last night on our way up to the soup-run when we spotted a couple of guys who we had seen at the soup-run a few weeks before. We didn’t really know them but had had a quick chat with them. As we [...]
U-Turn Tom
Posted in addiction, emotional support, homeless, offending behaviour, problematic behaviour, support work on May 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For Tom to be able to eventually go to residential Rehab there were some strict conditions; He must show willing by attending structured day care at least 3 times a week, attend all testing appointments with DRR (a court order) and hopefully get negative urine tests, and to attend Probation monthly. Tom took the Bull [...]
ending rough sleeping?
Posted in Health, homeless, Leeds, motivation, practical support, problematic behaviour, rough sleeping, support work on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have noticed that one of my clients, Paul, has been looking more and more unwell over the past few weeks. He said he had been assaulted a few weeks ago by a large group of people and has been feeling ill ever since. He is also rough sleeping after being evicted from a hostel [...]
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