Homelessness social work role valuable but rare, isolated and temporarily funded – study

Specialist social workers are helping improve outcomes for homeless people but their role remains rare, often isolated and usually temporarily funded.
That was the message from a study launched this week that called for greater recognition and secure funding of the role.
The publication of the paper, by the National Institute for Health Research Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, follows the establishment a peer support network for practitioners working with homeless peopl