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Overview Started as Short
Stop – in 2003, providing emergency accommodation to asylum seekers & refugees
Operating on a night to night basis
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Overview Long Stop started
in 2013, with hosts providing ongoing accommodation to asylum seekers.
Over a week, and possibly month-to-month
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Who is the scheme for? Any asylum seeker or refugee without alternative
accommodation
Someone must be trying to resolve their case (ie a fresh claim, or pending) with support from the referrer
If someone is offered Section 4 accommodation, the offer of emergency accommodation is withdrawn
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Referral arrangements Closed referral route
2 local agencies providing casework to destitute people refer
Formal Partnership Agreements exists with both organisations, signed off at Board Level
Partnership agreements spell out
Referral guidelines
Risk management arrangements
What happens next morning
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
How referrals work Guest assessed by referral agency
Referral agency contacts Grace Coordinator and gives background info, inc any risks/requirements
Grace Coordinator contacts hosts to check availability
Once Host identified, basic info on Guest shared with Host and arrangements made
Coordinator contacts Referrer
Referrer gives Guest info sheet on Host (includes bus routes, map, directions, photo of front door)
Guest goes to Host
Guest re-contacts referrer following morning
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Risk management - Guests Referrers assess risk & decide suitability
Info regarding Guests passed on by referral agency to LASSN on a need to know basis
No blanket exclusions but acceptance based on support available and predictability of risk.
Children’s Services are made aware of all referrals involving children – and attempts made to gain assistance under s17 of Children Act
Ongoing checks with Guests throughout their stay (via Referrers)
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Risk management - Hosts All Lead Hosts (the people in the household who
are responsible for what goes on in the house) are interviewed and trained
2 references taken up for Lead Hosts
No DBS as we do not believe this be a regulated activity but about to bring in a requirement of Basic Disclosure for Lead Hosts
Regular checks through supervisions, check ins, socials and training
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Risk Management - Property Property checks to ensure minimum standards
(access to bed, privacy, bathroom)
Advice offered to hosts on other aspects of safety – fire exits, electrical checks, contents insurance, but no requirements.
All Hosts develop House Rules so Guests know where they stand
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
How do we match?Emergency accommodation
Availability, location, experience, gender preference (some hosts specify women only)
No written agreement until longer than a week
Longer Stay
As above, but written agreement if over a week
For more detail see our Introduction to Hosting
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Numbers in 2015/16
89 guests
106 volunteer hosts in 57 households
15 volunteer coordinators
2876 nights of accommodation
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Emergency/Shorter stay
84 guests
89 hosts in 48 households
1289 nights of accommodation
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Longer Stay
6 guests
17 hosts in 9 households
1587 nights of accommodation
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Guests (gender)SHORTER/EMERGENCY STAY
56%
44%
Male Female
LONGER STAY
50%50%
Male Female
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Guests (age)SHORTER/EMERGENCY STAY
0
5
10
15
20
25
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ nk
Male Female
LONGER STAY
0
1
2
3
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ nk
Male Female
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network
Guests (country of origin)SHORTER/EMERGENCY STAY
28 different nationalities◦ Eritrea 15%
◦ Zimbabwe 12%
◦ Iran 11%
◦ Gambia 7%
LONGER STAY
4 different nationalities◦ Eritrea
◦ Zimbabwe
◦ Sudan
◦ Iraq
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network