Preventing young people becoming homeless

Prague 8 november 2013
** Piedad Díaz Ortiz**
piedad.diaz.ortiz@gmail.com
Investing in young people to prevent a lost generation in Europe: key policy and practice in addressing youth homelessness
8th November 2013, Prague, Czech Republic

THE BEGINNING
For a few years now, the Madrid Municipality through its social services network and assistance to homeless people, has been detecting an increasing number of young people who demand social support as they are forced on to the streets.
From that moment on, Madrid has developed a series of specific strategies of intervention with young people who live in this reality, implementing these strategies across the whole network of homeless people and in the primary attention network.

In addition, we
have a specific programme
for young homeless people
and the youth at risk of homeless,
Programme SIE, developed by Opción 3.

Currently the programme is financially supported by the European Social Fund and by the Region of Madrid.
Finally, the programme has the logistic support and resources of the Homeless People Department at the Madrid Municipality, specifically the Housing Programmes and Social Emergencies care.

Programme SIE
Is a programme of social mentoring for youngsters forced on to the streets in the City of Madrid.

Programme SIE: Youngsters
MAINLY BUT NOT ONLY THOSE……
•Who, after leaving the child care system when they reach 18, find themselves in a situation of having neither family nor social support
•From families with high-levels of conflict, in poverty or in social exclusion.
•Young immigrants who come to Spain without any family.
Where do they come from?

Programme SIE: How do they arrive to our Programme?
•Municipal Network Care for Homeless people.
•Madrid Social Services Centres.
•Resources for the Child Care System.
•Specific programmes for young people focused on: job searching, use of freetime, education, …
•Other Social programmes: specifically for immigrants, women,…
•Detection through the programme itself.

Programme SIE: What difficulties may they have? 1/2
•Unable to have a clear project for the future: Can´t do it by themselves.
•Fundamental distrust of the institutional or public resources.
•Without the main required Spanish documents: ID card, social security number, municipal registration,…

Programme SIE: What difficulties may they have? 2/2
•Problematic, inexistent or distant family relationships
•No social network.
•High School Dropouts
•Little or nonexistent professional experience and vocational training.

Programme SIE: What specific difficulties may they have?
•With intellectual disabilities or mental health problems, most of the time without diagnosis.
•Undocumented young immigrants with difficulties to change their legal status.
•Substance use.
•Pending causes with the legal system.
•Sexual risk behaviour: premature parenthood.
•.

Needs
Main Working Areas
MATERIAL
Covering basic needs
AFFECTIVE BONDS
MOTIVATIONAL
Socio-emotional development for their adulthood
Defining a project for the future

Potentialities
Strong points
MOTIVATION
Highly motivated to assume changes in their lives.
FAST LEARNERS
Often able to accept changes in a short period of time.
MENTOR
Once they find a reference person who trusts them, they feel safe and become more confident.

OUR METHODOLOGY
EMPLOYMENT
MENTORING
MICROCREDIT
REFERENTIAL SPACE
NETWORKING

PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP
Being close and kind
•The young person is the main character in his/her change.
•Individualised and adapted to the needs of the young person.
•Flexible, depending on his/her independence and abilities.
MENTORING

MENTORING…
… FACE TO FACE

UCO: Co-Living Unit.
Specific for youngsters in one Shelter
Shelters.
Emergency resources from the Homeless Municipality Network.
Hostels.
Supported accommodation.
Semi-supervised flats.
Private-rented flats

EMPLOYMENT
•Supported employment
•Networking with employers and companies

•Creating awareness about responsibilities in adult life.
•Responsibility towards their own expenses:
-What is needed / not needed.
MICROCREDITS

SPACE OF REFERENCE

NETWORKING
Housing programmes
Companies and
Employers
Medical institutions
Child care system
… … … … … … …
Specific homeless people resources
Social Services Centres of primary attention

STILL A LONG WAY TO GO … …

Preventing young people becoming homeless

Empfohlen

Empfohlen

Weitere ähnliche Inhalte

Was ist angesagt?

Was ist angesagt? (20)

Ähnlich wie Preventing young people becoming homeless

Ähnlich wie Preventing young people becoming homeless (20)

Mehr von FEANTSA

Mehr von FEANTSA (20)

Preventing young people becoming homeless