Oxfordshire Homeless Movement
EEA Migrants Service
St Mungo's
Doesn't provide shelter
Provides guidance
Doesn't provide new skill learning
Accepts time
Doesn't accept things
Accepts money
Service Description
Run by St Mungo’s, who are commissioned to deliver the Oxford Street Population Outreach Team (OxSPOT), the service is being provided to help people from the European Economic Area (EEA) who are rough sleeping or at risk of doing so. EEA migrants are often unable to access services in the UK.
The service will sign-post and refer other foreign nationals from outside of the EEA to other sources of advice and guidance.
A single unit of accommodation is being provided via Homeless Oxfordshire to support this initiative.
Key functions & activities offered
The service will be working on a range of areas which include
- Initial identification and engagement with persons through street outreach
- Client need’s assessments –support needs/goals, causes of homelessness, legal rights, support plans
- Advice, guidance and onward referrals (including to police in cases of suspected modern slavery)
- Prevention of homelessness through accessing accommodation
- Relief work supporting clients Exercise their Treaty Rights and entitlements in the UK
- Facilitating reconnection to country of origin or elsewhere within the UK