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Over 200 people attended today’s webinar, part of the Homelessness series from HSCWRU at King's, which considered The role of Social Work in supporting people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness.
The speaker was Ellie Atkins, who leads a team of social workers who work with people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness in Manchester. Ellie also coordinates the national Peer Network for social workers specialising in homelessness and rough sleeping, in partnership with HSCWRU.
The webinar explored the critical role that social work can play in addressing multiple exclusion homelessness - a form of homelessness accompanied by complex overlapping issues. Social work can bring compassionate professional curiosity, advocacy, system thinking, and trauma informed care to some of society's most excluded individuals - helping to bridge gaps between services and to rebuild lives.
Some remarks from attendees:
Thank you so much for this presentation and the discussion. Really good ideas and very inspiring.
Thank you for today’s meeting. So much need for compassion and humanity which can’t be taught.
This whole discussion is absolutely soul-nourishing in that there's so many others here who can see this is essential! Hooray!
This is nothing short of brilliant 👏. Incredibly inspiring… this has given me a lot to think about.
That was so validating about what we have observed. Thank you for such an interesting presentation.
More about the King’s College London report (2023) on social workers that Ellie mentioned:
>> Specialist homelessness social workers – new report
Jess Harris, author of this report, joins with Ellie Atkins in convening an event focusing on the next steps for policy and practice in this space. The event, on 4 November 2025 in Manchester, will be chaired by the Chief Social Worker for Adults, Sarah McClinton.
Coming up
The next webinar is on Harm Reduction and belonging in the provision of homelessness services and the December event in the Homelessness series is also open for booking.
Please get in touch with Jess Harris to join the mailing list to hear about future events
Ellie Atkins leads a team of social workers who work with people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness in Manchester.
This webinar will explore the critical role social work can and should play in addressing multiple exclusion homelessness - a form of homelessness accompanied by complex overlapping issues. Social work can bring compassionate professional curiosity, advocacy, system thinking, and trauma informed care to some of society's most excluded individuals - helping to bridge gaps between services and to rebuild lives.
Ellie Atkins runs: A national Peer Network for social workers specialising in homelessness and rough sleeping
Homelessness series at King's
This webinar, which takes place on MS Teams only, is part of the Homelessness series, organised out of the NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London, by Research Fellow Jess Harris.
The Unit is home to the Homelessness Research Programme.
We generally send out the slides following meetings and post them here, but do not record sessions.
Please get in touch with Jess Harris if you would like to join the mailing list for the Homelessness series.
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Senior Research Fellow