Overview

This session aims to develop your knowledge to identify correct signposting options or referral routes for a person who is destitute or at risk of destitution, and homelessness, and they are unable to access benefits and housing due to their immigration status.

This session will cover all non-UK nationals, with a focus on BNO visa holders.

Who it's for

• Housing officers

• Social care staff

• Education professionals

• Healthcare professionals

• Other frontline staff and volunteers who advise BNO visa holders and other non-UK nationals, including from voluntary and faith sectors

This is an introductory course for people who are working with, or likely to encounter, non-UK individuals who are destitute or at risk of destitution but have little or no prior knowledge of the support options for people with no recourse to public funds.

What you’ll learn

• What ‘no recourse to public funds’ means and groups this applies to

• When social services duties to provide accommodation and financial support may apply to an adult or family with no recourse to public funds

• How to make a referral to social services when a person requires support

• Other support and signposting options for a person with no recourse to public funds who is at risk of homelessness

• Support and signposting options for BNO visa holders

Course outline

• Overview of the UK immigration system and how immigration status affects entitlements to services

• Social services' support provided under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 and the Care Act 2014

• Making referrals into social services for accommodation and financial support

• Support for specific groups, including asylum seekers, victims of modern slavery and BNO visa holders

• Good practice and signposting information for people with no recourse to public funds

Introduction to support options for people with NRPF including BNOs