COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

QUESTION NO.1

QUESTION: Councillor T. Costello

To ask the manager can I get a break down of support staff in place to support people in homeless accommodation, for eg how many outreach workers are there and how many people on average are they responsible for helping

REPLY:

The Council's homeless team currently has eight positions including one full-time outreach worker.  The staff all advise and support homeless households in relation to their accommodation options and circumstances, working in conjunction with external resources in both the Dublin Region Homeless Executive Supports Workers and the Simon Outreach Team.  The outreach and support roles include interviewing, assessing and providing advice to clients seeking a homeless service, enabling and assisting clients to source suitable private rented accommodation, working with clients placed in emergency facilities with a view to securing long term accommodation and where possible, avoiding continued placement in emergency facilities, allocating emergency accommodation as appropriate or where a client is eligible for social housing, providing information and assistance in presenting the application.  Our outreach worker is currently engaging with eight rough sleepers in the community to connect them with homeless services and other support services, as well as assisting with "Housing First" tenancies.

The are currently 511 homeless households on the Council’s housing list, of which 313 are single person households.