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Homelessness and substance misuse: evidence-based approaches to the provision of effective services
July 2008: Pleace, N. (2008) Effective
Services for Substance Misuse and Homelessness
in Scotland: Evidence from an international
review , Edinburgh: Scottish Government.
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Substance misuse is one of the most common causes of serious illness among homeless people and it can also form a barrier between homeless people and access to mainstream NHS services, Social Work Services and Supporting People services, as well as to social housing, the private rented sector and education, training and employment.
Recognising this close link between substance misuse and homelessness, the Scottish Executive set up the Homelessness and Substance Misuse Advisory Group to take forward work in this area in order to provide the Executive with recommendations on future services.
As part of this group’s work, the Scottish Executive has commissioned CHP to investigate how effective services and initiatives are in reducing the levels of homelessness, and those at risk of homelessness, for substance misusers in Scotland.
The research takes the form of an evidence-based review which aims to identify service models that produce positive outcomes for people in this category. The findings will be used to inform the development of effective provision in the future.