Homelessness has increased rapidly in recent years, and with increasing economic pressures on the horizon, looks set to continue to increase. This interdisciplinary book outlines good practice on how to support people experiencing homelessness, who increasingly experience abuse, exploitation and neglect, escalating health and care needs, and premature mortality.

Edited by Adi Cooper OBE and Michael Preston-Shoot

1. Introduction by Adi Cooper and Michael Preston-Shoot
2. The Policy Context by Karl Mason
3. Seen but not heard: Why challenging your assumptions about homelessness is a matter of life and death by Gill Taylor, Carl Price and Sharon Clint
4. Using Curiosity: A Psychologically Informed Approach to Adult Safeguarding and Rough Sleeping by Sione Marshall, Tim Robson, Nathan Servini and Barney Wells
5. Health, homelessness and housing supply by Susan Harrison
6. Understanding assessments and protection planning duties for adults experiencing homelessness by Fiona Bateman and Bruno Ornelas
7. Working together to safeguard individuals at risk. Bristol Creative Solutions Board: A case study by Kate Spreadbury and Paul England
8. Sustainable Housing by Imogen Blood
9. People with no recourse to public funds experiencing homelessness by Catherine Houlcroft and Henry St Clair Miller
10.Learning from Safeguarding adult reviews and fatality reviews by Michael Preston-Shoot and Gill Taylor
11.Safeguarding Adults Boards and Multiple Exclusion homelessness: the challenges for system leadership by Adi Cooper
12.Multiple Exclusion Homelessness and Safeguarding - Supporting practitioners
13.Commissioning services: safeguarding and homelessness by Rebecca Pritchard