This course is CPD Accredited.
Trainees will receive a CPD Certificate and 7 points following course completion.
The direct link between housing matters and physical and mental health makes housing a critical factor in achieving a life well lived. A safe, secure roof over their heads is the linchpin in families being able to thrive but, for many, significant instability comes from housing challenges, some of which can be avoided with access to the right information at the right time.
Who should attend this course?
If you are a professional who supports people with any aspect of their financial or emotional wellbeing this Housing Matters Workshop Training is designed for you. Delivery online in a virtual classroom environment makes the half day course highly accessible, and our expert trainers who have acute front-end knowledge of supporting people with demanding housing issues will build your knowledge and confidence in the fundamentals of housing matters.
What will you learn?
Through a combination of case studies, exercises, quizzes and insights from our social welfare ‘expert in the room’, you will be helped to become familiar with housing matters, so by the end of this workshop you will be able to understand:
What it means to be a tenant
The characteristics of a good tenant for social and private landlords
Tenancy and welfare benefits – what should be claimed and when, and what happens if circumstances change
Challenges associated with maintaining a tenancy and how each can be resolve
Legal responsibilities of a social or private landlord to the tenant and their neighbours
Tenants’ rights associated with eviction, and what to do if the worst happens
How to challenge housing decisions made by the Local Authority, immigration and housing and becoming intentionally homeless
Homelessness support, rights and further help
Society Matters training is designed and delivered by experts with acute front-end experience of supporting people with the challenges we go on to train. Our aim is always to give participants in our training and workshops the confidence to make their mark on their own lives or the lives of the people they are aiming to help.
