Prisoners' housing rights
Learn the skills needed to support individuals from remand through sentencing and release.
Course summary
This course explores the importance of prisoners sustaining tenancies and outlines various strategies to support them in doing so.
You’ll learn about assessment of vulnerability under homelessness legislation and consider the position of individuals facing homelessness upon discharge from prison.
Course information
Level: Intermediate and Advanced (Level 4)
Live webinar
- Available for: Individuals, groups
- Duration: Half day
- CPD points: Pending
Face to face training
- Available for: Groups
- Duration: One day
- CPD points: Pending
Individual bookings
| Date | Duration and time | Delivery and location | Cost Eligibility and discounts | Book Booking guidance |
| Monday 27 January 2025 | Half day 2pm – 5pm | Webinar | £110+VAT | £100+VAT | Book |
What this course covers
This course includes:
current policy, homelessness legislation, and the Independent Sentencing Review 2024-2025
home detention curfew, early release programme, and calculating the earliest date of release
housing benefit and universal credit housing costs
grounds for possession and opportunities to sustain tenancies
vulnerability, intentionality, and local connection in homeless applications
who is eligible for, or excluded from, the housing register
community care entitlements under the Care Act 2014
What you'll learn
At the end of this training, you'll be able to:
establish whether it would be possible to sustain tenancies during remand or a custodial sentence
understand how to work strategically to reduce homelessness and the risk of re-offending
identify key case law around vulnerability and how to support homelessness applications
Who this training is for
You’ll find it helpful to have some understanding of prisoners’ rights for this course.
You might be a link worker, an adviser, or work for a local authority or housing association.
Continuing Professional Development
Gain points towards your professional development from the CPD Certification Service with Shelter training and events.
