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Plymouth Assessment & Advice Service (PAAS)

PAAS

PAAS is a service based around providing in-depth housing needs assessments to people from specific client groups.

PAAS aims

To identify accommodation options and improve outcomes for specific client groups through in-depth, holistic housing assessments, advice & support.

PAAS provides

  • Holistic Housing Needs
  • Assessments (HNAs)
  • Identifying and maximising
  • appropriate housing options
  • HNA reports
  • Housing advice
  • Time-limited support
  • Sign-posting and referral to other services

Clients

PAAS works with three main groups of clients, being people who are homeless or in housing need and are:

  • on criminal justice orders or discharged from HMP (prison)
  • using community drugs services
  • using specific community mental health services

Referrals

PAAS takes referrals only from specific services.

This means that PAAS works with:

  • Offenders referred via Gateway
  • People using community drugs Services; eg Harbour, Ocean Quay and Hamoaze House
  • People using community mental health services:  AOS, HTT, CFT

Support

Support that the PAAS can provide to clients includes:

  • Housing assessment and advice
  • Initial work towards independent accommodation
  • Signposting to other services

Referral to services for:

  • Supported accommodation
  • Tenancy sustainment

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