2016 Transatlantic Practice Exchange - programme topics confirmed
2 Dec 2015 11:47 AM
Applications open next week for the 2016 Transatlantic Practice Exchange.
Homeless Link are looking for 5 future leaders from across the UK to spend two weeks in the US, learning about effective practice and using this to improve the homelessness sector on their return.
With their US partners, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, they have identified six core topics for next year's Exchange. You can also propose a different area of your choosing.
The 2016 topics
- Permanent Supportive Housing (Housing First) for women or other populations
- LGBT support for young homeless people
- Responding to homelessness in rural communities
- Shared service delivery philosophies for staff teams
- Rapid resettlement from the shelter system
- Tenancy support and landlord engagement for permanent supportive housing and rapid re-housing
Please download the topic guide below for more details and links to further resources that will help you to create an effective proposal. Homeless Link are looking for applicants with an enthusiasm for innovation and improvement in the homelessness sector, who are keen to translate learning into practice and understand the differences between first-hand experience and desk-based research.
Applications open 8 December
Applications will be open from Tuesday 8th to Monday 21st December. To apply you’ll need to:
- Outline the hypothesis or research questions that you would explore during the placement
- Confirm the support that your organisation is offering – you must have management support to participate
- Explain how you will share learning on your return
- Explain how your learning will change responses to homelessness in the UK
- Tell us a bit about your career in homelessness and the client group(s) you work with.
Homeless Link are keen to see applications from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as from England.
What next?
Homeless Link will assess applications in late December. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted in January to go forward to the final assessment stage. The final five successful candidates visiting the US between March and May 2016.
2016 Transatlantic Practice Exchange topic guide
Guidance and links to further resources that will help you to create an effective proposal for the 2016 Transatlantic Practice Exchange.