Advice and Assessment
Advice
Doorway works with young people age 16 to 25, providing housing advice and access to appropriate accommodation. Over the first 10 years we have given over 1500 advice sessions to more than 2500 vulnerable young people at our drop in sessions in Nuneaton, Bedworth and North Warwickshire.
The Advice Service supports young people with:
- Assessment of individual needs
- Assessment of housing options available to them, including returning home
- Access to accommodation in the Nuneaton and Bedworth and North Warwickshire area
- Welfare benefits advice
- Access to partner services
- Pre-tenancy workshops
- Information in relation to our support service
- Access to local furniture projects
If you wish to complete a referral form to access this service, please download the PDF form below.
Online Referral Form
Referral Form PDF (141 KB)
Assessment
An initial 45 minute assessment with our Housing Needs Advisor during a drop-in or a pre-arranged appointment is designed to identify what advice and support a young person wants and to help resolve immediate problems such as finding a place to sleep that night and/or accessing benefits.
Young people explore the underlying causes of their situation with the caseworker who will listen and recommend various options.
Young people determine the pace of progress and what issues are covered. They are always free to interrupt or discontinue any particular approach at any given time. They can return for as many appointments as they need after the initial drop-in session for emotional and practical support.
We use a simple solution focused approach that leads young people through small, realistic and achievable steps to understand and improve their circumstances.
45% of our referrals come from other agencies working with homeless young people, such as the council, Connexions, schools and colleges and Job Centre Plus.
We hold drop-in sessions in Nuneaton twice a week and in Atherstone on Tuesday mornings. For more details, please see contact us