Complex Needs or Simplistic Approaches?: Homelessness Services and People with Complex Needs in Edinburgh

This research addresses how homelessness services from the statutory and voluntary sector are working for people with complex needs in the City of Edinburgh. Using a qualitative approach, it analyses the service providers’ perspectives on the concept, challenges and what works when dealing with this...

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Main Author: Balda, Manuel Macias (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cogitatio Press 2016
In: Social Inclusion
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 4, Pages: 28-38
Further subjects:B complex needs
B Homelessness
B Public Policy
B Scotland
B Social exclusion
B Complexity
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