Vadims ALEKSEJEVS · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 3 Mar 2017•Northamptonshire

Published report and response evidence

This report’s concerns and statements found in recipients’ published responses. Statements are included even where no link to an individual concern is recorded. A link shows an evidence connection; it does not assign responsibility.

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Concerns
4

Raised in this report

Recipients
2

Named on the report

Responses found
1

Of 2 recipients

Stated actions
12

Described in responses

Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised4

  1. Failure to identify vulnerable individuals living on campsites
  2. Lack of knowledge about outreach service provision to homeless people
  3. Lack of knowledge about statutory duties to house vulnerable individuals living on campsites

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.12

  1. West Northamptonshire Council

    Activate the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol during weather posing a serious risk and provide rough sleepers with emergency shelter, food, advice and support.

  2. West Northamptonshire Council

    Pursue multi-agency efforts, including enforcement action where assistance is repeatedly refused, to discourage and prevent rough sleeping at identified campsites.

  3. West Northamptonshire Council

    Publish and implement a multi-agency strategy to end the need for people to sleep rough in Northampton.

  4. West Northamptonshire Council

    Make repeated contact with campsite occupants and offer housing, support or voluntary reconnection assistance.

  5. West Northamptonshire Council

    Ensure Street Outreach Workers respond to rough-sleeping reports, conduct at least two weekly outreach sessions, and visit identified campsites.

  6. West Northamptonshire Council

    Fund alternative accommodation arrangements for women sleeping rough.

  7. West Northamptonshire Council

    Continue regular outreach and develop new approaches to engage entrenched rough sleepers who refuse to leave the streets.

  8. West Northamptonshire Council

    Use the Multi Agency Assessment Panel to agree housing and support plans for rough sleepers, including those unable or unwilling to access the Nightshelter.

  9. West Northamptonshire Council

    Notify relevant services and organisations when the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol is operational so they can direct rough sleepers to it.

  10. West Northamptonshire Council

    Operate an all-year-round Nightshelter accommodating up to 20 homeless men with immediate safe, warm and dry accommodation.

  11. West Northamptonshire Council

    Provide crisis support and advice to newly rough-sleeping people and help them access housing and support.

  12. West Northamptonshire Council

    Operate a weekday Housing Advice Drop-In at Oasis House to help homeless people access housing and support.

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.5

  1. West Northamptonshire Council

    Northamptonshire County Council’s Adult Social Care team commissions homeless outreach from Bridge and S2S.

    Redirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.
  2. West Northamptonshire Council

    The Council has no statutory duty to house everyone who is homeless and provides accommodation only where homelessness legislation requires it.

    Unable to actThe respondent said that a constraint prevented them from taking the relevant action.
  3. West Northamptonshire Council

    Collected intelligence indicates that the campsites contain no women, children, elderly men or disabled men.

    Disputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.
  4. West Northamptonshire Council

    Existing procedures, severe-weather provision, outreach and housing pathways are considered sufficient to address future winter rough-sleeping risks.

    Existing arrangements considered sufficientThe respondent said that existing arrangements were sufficient, so no further action was needed.
  5. West Northamptonshire Council

    Administrative removal of vulnerable rough sleepers who refuse assistance is not within the Council’s control.

    Outside remitThe respondent said that this matter was outside its role or authority.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to identify vulnerable individuals living on campsites

Wider context from the report

“4) It is not known if the campsite houses other vulnerable individuals, such as children or the elderly. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of knowledge about outreach service provision to homeless people

Wider context from the report

“3) It is not known if adult social care or addiction services provide any form of outreach service to the homeless. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of knowledge about statutory duties to house vulnerable individuals living on campsites

Wider context from the report

“5) It is unclear if there are any other housing options available or indeed if there is any statutory duty to house vulnerable individuals living on such campsites. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of knowledge about available housing options for vulnerable people living on campsites

Wider context from the report

“5) It is unclear if there are any other housing options available or indeed if there is any statutory duty to house vulnerable individuals living on such campsites. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Activate the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol during weather posing a serious risk and provide rough sleepers with emergency shelter, food, advice and support.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The winter period poses a very serious risk to the health and wellbeing of people who are sleeping rough. During severe weather, Northampton’s SWEP Project (a partnership between the Council, NAASH and the Hope Centre, based at Oasis House) is activated.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Pursue multi-agency efforts, including enforcement action where assistance is repeatedly refused, to discourage and prevent rough sleeping at identified campsites.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Acknowledging the dangers associated with sleeping rough, the Council works closely with the Police and the East of England Immigration Compliance and Enforcement Team and, where the Council’s offers of assistance are repeatedly refused – more often than not due to an unwillingness to pay rent for any housing that is offered – efforts will be made to disrupt the sites through enforcement action, including the administrative removal of individuals from the UK where they are not exercising their treaty rights.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Publish and implement a multi-agency strategy to end the need for people to sleep rough in Northampton.

Verbatim wording from the response

“During the first half of 2016, the Council hosted a series of workshops (attended by thirty services and organisations) and, in July 2016, it published a 3 year strategy: ‘TOGETHER we change lives – ending the need for people to sleep rough in Northampton’. http://www.northampton.gov.uk/downloads/download/3181/northamptons-multi-agency-rough-sleepers-strategy”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Make repeated contact with campsite occupants and offer housing, support or voluntary reconnection assistance.

Verbatim wording from the response

“As soon as the Council’s Street Outreach Workers become aware of a ‘campsite’, they will make contact with the occupants and offer them advice and assistance. Repeated attempts will be made to engage with the occupants with a view to them being offered housing and support or, alternatively, a voluntary reconnection to their country of origin.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Ensure Street Outreach Workers respond to rough-sleeping reports, conduct at least two weekly outreach sessions, and visit identified campsites.

Verbatim wording from the response

“As soon as the Council’s Street Outreach Workers become aware of a ‘campsite’, they will make contact with the occupants and offer them advice and assistance. Repeated attempts will be made to engage with the occupants with a view to them being offered housing and support or, alternatively, a voluntary reconnection to their country of origin.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Fund alternative accommodation arrangements for women sleeping rough.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Alternative arrangements have been put in place to accommodate any women sleeping rough, and these arrangements are funded by the Council.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Continue regular outreach and develop new approaches to engage entrenched rough sleepers who refuse to leave the streets.

Verbatim wording from the response

“For those more entrenched rough sleepers, and those who are refusing to come off the streets – due to a reluctance, perhaps, to pay rent/service charges and/or address addictions – the regular outreach sessions provide the opportunity for repeat and persistent conversations. This approach has led to some behaviour change amongst entrenched rough sleepers, and the team will continue to try new approaches until the same behaviour change is achieved with others who are still refusing to leave the streets.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Use the Multi Agency Assessment Panel to agree housing and support plans for rough sleepers, including those unable or unwilling to access the Nightshelter.

Verbatim wording from the response

“For those who want to leave the streets and access housing and support, there are clear pathways to help achieve this quickly and effectively. Even those who are unable or unwilling to access the Nightshelter are able to work with the Street Outreach Workers to come off the streets by accessing housing and support through Northampton’s Multi Agency Assessment Panel. The Assessment Panel is attended by a wide range of housing and support providers, and members of the Panel work together to agree housing and support plans for each individual presented to the Panel by the Street Outreach Workers.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Notify relevant services and organisations when the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol is operational so they can direct rough sleepers to it.

Verbatim wording from the response

“When SWEP is operational, the Council notifies a wide range of services and organisations who are likely to come into contact with rough sleepers, so that they too are able to provide relevant advice and direct them to access the SWEP Project.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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Operate an all-year-round Nightshelter accommodating up to 20 homeless men with immediate safe, warm and dry accommodation.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In February 2017, the Council opened an all-year-round Nightshelter in the former British Rail Sports & Social Club in St Andrew’s Road, Northampton. With the capacity to accommodate up to 20 homeless men, Northampton’s Nightshelter is the first of ten objectives in ‘TOGETHER we change lives’.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Provide crisis support and advice to newly rough-sleeping people and help them access housing and support.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The Street Outreach Workers provide crisis support and advice to those they find sleeping rough who are new to the streets, and are able to help them to access housing and support quickly and effectively, preventing any further deterioration whilst on the streets.”

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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

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Operate a weekday Housing Advice Drop-In at Oasis House to help homeless people access housing and support.

Verbatim wording from the response

“They also offer a Housing Advice Drop-In at Oasis House, Monday to Friday from 9.00am until 1.00pm, and this complements the opening hours of the Hope Centre (a day centre for vulnerable people, including homeless people and rough sleepers) which is also based at Oasis House. The Hope Centre encourages homeless people to work with the Street Outreach Workers and access the Housing Advice Drop-In and Nightshelter.”

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Northamptonshire County Council’s Adult Social Care team commissions homeless outreach from Bridge and S2S.

Verbatim wording from the response

“(3) It is not known if adult social care or addiction services provide any form of outreach service to the homeless.”

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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The Council has no statutory duty to house everyone who is homeless and provides accommodation only where homelessness legislation requires it.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The Council does not have a statutory duty to house everyone who is homeless.”

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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Collected intelligence indicates that the campsites contain no women, children, elderly men or disabled men.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Based on the intelligence we have gathered, we are satisfied that that there are no women or children – and no men who are elderly or disabled – living on the ‘campsites’.”

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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Existing procedures, severe-weather provision, outreach and housing pathways are considered sufficient to address future winter rough-sleeping risks.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Although the circumstances of this case may present themselves again in future winters, the Council has clear procedures in place to help those who want to access housing and support, and to help everyone during periods of severe weather.”

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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Administrative removal of vulnerable rough sleepers who refuse assistance is not within the Council’s control.

Verbatim wording from the response

“It is known, however, that the ‘campsites’ do contain some people who have severe addictions – including people who have a severe alcohol dependency – and are refusing help and support. Their vulnerability is compounded by the fact that, when all efforts to engage them are exhausted, they will not necessarily be subjected to administrative removal from the UK. This is not in this Council’s control.”

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