Homelessness And Discussion Paper

Acknowledgments
My most heartfelt gratitude and appreciation is extended to my supervisor – Siobain O’Donnell – for always kindly finding time to support, question, and inspire my research, particularly during the writing process. Siobain significant guidance was essential to complete this thesis.
I wish to express a sincere thank you to the seven women who so graciously agreed to participate in this study. In the course of gathering this material, interviewing the participants, and collecting the data, I had invaluable assistance from the women who volunteered to share with me their life histories of their involvement of homelessness and addiction.
My parents, Christine and Patrick O’Sullivan, have been a constant source of support who have

According to Dr O’ Reilly, homeless services need to “wrap around” the homeless person rather than trying to fit the person into the services, and all health services for the homeless should incorporate stable accommodation as a treatment goal (Shannon, 2015).

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Kennedy (1985) argues that being homeless means having no place called home, no place of privacy or place where one can feel settled. Homeless people are excluded from mainstream society, and many are reduced to sleeping in emergency accommodation, such as hostels or bed and breakfasts (Klutz, 2007). Women are hidden from mainstream society, as if they are living in the shadows, out of sight and out of mind. It is recognised that literature addressing both women with their children, while homeless was lacking (Klutz, 2007). When a mother is registered as homeless in Dublin she is more than likely provided with either emergency accommodation or short term accommodation. As soon as a mother makes herself known to the CPS, she is automatically assigned a social worker if not already assigned. The social worker’s main purpose is the child’s welfare and will ensure that the mother is meeting the child’s basic needs. When the mother is assigned accommodation in an STA, she is then assigned a keyworker whose main job is to seek suitable accommodation for the mother and her children. The mother will then be assigned a housing officer with her local authority that will then liaise with her keyworker. At this stage there is no allocated of a drug liaison