How our placement service works
For that night
A young person presents themselves as homeless at an agency ( e.g. Homeless section, SeAscape, Throughcare or the Mediation service responds to a young person in difficulty)
The agency completes the Nightstop referral / Risk assessment face to face with young person after exhausting all other options of housing for that night which are appropriate. (This may include family extended family)
The young person meets the referral criteria and the agency worker Contacts Nightstop and faxes the referral form to the Nightstop worker.
Nightstop either accept or decline the referral. Depending on the information given and the availability of Nightstop Hosts. If the referral is a border line referral. Nightstop will look for a shared assessment with their partner agency and the hosts identified.
Nightstop will then contact the agency with the referral decision
The Nightstop worker or Volunteer driver will meet the young person at the referral agency or Nightstop office and support the young person to travel to the hosts home.
Day After
In the morning the office worker will call the host and discuss how the Nightstop went. The office will contact the referral agency to feedback how the accommodation went and find out longer term plans for the young person.
Continues
The whole process then starts again. During the week we do not book accommodation with our host in advance. However on a Friday we will do our best to provide accommodation across the weekend. We offer accommodation on a first come first served basis and do not have waiting lists.
We often get asked how long young people stay with Nightstop. One Night at a time is our response as young people’s circumstances differ along side the availability of hosts and appropriate longer term accommodation.
