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  • Property:Organisation: Directory:By Organisation:Carr-Gomm
  • Property:ServiceName: Carr-Gomm North London
  • Property:Address: Carr-Gomm North London, 270-272 Camden Road, London, NW1 9AB
  • Property:Postcode: NW1 9AB
  • Property:GPS: 51.5372614, -0.1454947Latitude: 51°32′14.141″N
    Longitude: 0°8′43.781″W
  • Property:Telephone: 020 7482 2048
  • Property:Fax: 020 7284 1838
  • Property:URL: http://www.carr-gomm.org.uk
  • Property:Email: info@carr-gomm.org.uk
  • Property:Limitations: Single homeless people with additional support needs, including mental or physical health problems, HIV/AIDS, ex-offenders, care leavers, refugees, a history of drug/alcohol misuse which is now under control. Local connection preferred. Will not accept: People with convictions for arson or serious violent offences in the last 5 years. Those with no support needs. Those unwilling or unable to live in shared accommodation.
  • Property:AgeMinimum: 18
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  • Property:AgeAverage: warning.png"" is not a number.
  • Property:Referral: Applicants should initially contact Carr-Gomm to see if the local authority has 100% nomination rights in a specific borough. Write or phone (9am-5pm Mon-Fri). Application pack. Interview. Needs and risk assessment. If accepted, placed on waiting list. Most schemes only accept referrals from local authority Supporting People Team or Homeless Persons Unit. Some schemes may accept self referrals and referrals from other agencies. Can accept referrals direct from prison.
  • Property:Workflow: Self referralDirectory:By Organisation:London Borough
  • Property:Vacancies: Varies. Operate a waiting list.
  • Property:MinimumStay: 180 days
  • Property:MaximumStay: 720 days
  • Property:AverageStay: warning.png"" is not a number. days
  • Property:Support: Staff cover usually Mon-Fri. Residents' support needs are assessed at interview stage and regularly reviewed. Support workers provide 3 hours support a week per resident, one hour of which is a one-to-one meeting.
  • Property:Medical: Can provide support for people with both mental health and drug/alcohol problems.
  • Property:MoveOn: No maximum length of stay in some schemes, 2 years in others. Resettlement staff offer advice and assistance to any resident wishing to move on. Various nomination rights depending on local authority.
  • Property:Spaces: 314 In 41 schemes.
  • Property:RoomsCost: Single: 314 at £76-£178, £3-£18pw required from residents in receipt of benefits.
  • Property:Facilities: Rooms fully furnished. Baths: 1 to 2-3 people. Toilets: 1 to 2-3 people. Showers: 1 to 2-3 people. Laundry: Yes. TV: Yes. Other facilities: Lounge, garden. Food: Self catering. Cooking facilities: Shared kitchen in each house. Disabled facilities: One flat designed for wheelchair access. May install necessary aids and adaptations as required with appropriate funding.
  • Property:RulesTenure: Encourage resident participation in the running of the houses. Pets, including dogs, allowed with permission. Assured shorthold tenancy.
  • Property:ResidentAccess: Own key, no access restrictions.
  • Property:Visitors: Yes, can stay overnight with staff permission and agreement of other residents.
  • Property:Policies: One scheme with 5 spaces for people with HIV, 2 schemes for women only.
  • Property:Participation: Occasional service reviews. Residents can be elected to the board. Residents participate on panels when recruiting new staff at all levels. Monthly residents' meetings, facilitated by project staff. Sets project policy, provides feedback to management and plans social activities.
  • Property:FurtherInfo: Carr-Gomm aims "to provide supportive shared accommodation for vulnerable single people from a wide variety of backgrounds. All our tenants have problems beyond simply the need for housing. Many have mental or physical health problems. Others may have just come out of prison or may have a history of drug, alcohol or substance misuse which is now under control...We are here to offer extra help and support to people who find it difficult managing on their own, and assist them to become more independent." Accommodation is in shared houses, group homes and self contained flats. There is a scheme for people with HIV, a scheme with LB Camden for care leavers and a scheme for Somali women refugees.

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