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Armed Forces Service Champion
Training
London
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Welcome, aims and objectives
The Morning Session
• Why we are here?
• What is the Armed Forces Covenant?
• Who are the Armed Forces Community?
• How we can better understand their needs?
The Afternoon Session
• Provide you with the knowledge and skills to better support this community
• Other sources of support – Service Charities
• You as a Service Champion (including resources)
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Obligations Legislation • Armed Forces Act - 2011
• Health and Social Care Act 2012
• Homelessness Reduction Act 2018
• NHS Constitution – July 2015
• NHS Contract
• Care Act – 2015
Needs Assessments
• Joint Strategic Needs Assessments
• Veterans/AFC feedback, events
• Reports, Research and reviews
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The Armed Forces Covenant
The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise from the nation ensuring that those who serve or who have
served, and their families, are treated fairly.
“Parity not priority”
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Armed Forces Networks • Are multi-organisational group which includes
members from the:
– NHS, MoD, Armed Forces Reservists, Mental and
Physical Health Clinicians, the Royal British Legion,
SSAFA and other interested charities and
organisations from across the counties
(i.e. police and local authorities).
– Sussex Armed Forces Network
– YOU – London AFN
• Multi-disciplinary working,
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Armed Forces Covenant Grants
• Strengthening local government delivery of the covenant (up to £500k)
• Local Grants (up to £20k)
– Community Integration
– Delivery of local services
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Who are the Armed Forces Community?
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Armed Forces Personnel Restructure
Reserve Regular
42,500
38,000
1,500
2,930
19,000 104,000
82,000 22,000
82,000 30,000
2010
2015
2020
2010
2015
2020
2010
2015
2020
1,740 31,250
31,750
29,710
30,600 3,100
2,190
1,860
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LONDON LANDSCAPE
Regular/Reserve Presence and Married Quarters Armed Forces Community
To note this is slide is work in progress
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AFC Veteran Population
County Number to nearest ‘000
Percentage of County population that are veterans
East Sussex 36 5%
Hampshire 90 6%
Kent 73 5%
Surrey 42 5%
West Sussex 42 6%
Greater London 136 2%
Source: MOD Annual Population Survey
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AFC Veteran Population Armed Forces Pension and Compensation (AFPS) Recipients
Local Authority AFPS WDP Local Authority AFPS WDP
City of London 20 ~ Hounslow 214 85
Barking and Dagenham 94 83 Islington 84 38
Barnet 211 137 Kensington and Chelsea 207 122
Bexley 264 185 Kingston upon Thames 188 94
Brent 94 35 Lambeth 191 100
Bromley 323 235 Lewisham 168 96
Camden 150 67 Merton 186 133
Croydon 302 192 Newham 100 62
Ealing 156 86 Redbridge 92 101
Enfield 128 102 Richmond upon Thames 317 130
Greenwich 366 140 Southwark 155 80
Hackney 78 43 Sutton 169 112
Hammersmith and Fulham 155 99 Tower Hamlets 158 60
Haringey 80 56 Waltham Forest 82 79
Harrow 148 66 Wandsworth 361 119
Havering 171 171 Westminster 353 75
Hillingdon 615 160
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AFC Population by STP
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
North CentralLondon
North EastLondon
North WestLondon
South EastLondon
South WestLondon
Entitled Civilians
UK AF
Veterans
Estimated Armed Force Community Populations
from NHS England September 2017
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Service Life and
Culture
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• What is military culture?
• The impact/influence this has on Service personnel and their families
• How this culture can impact on readjustment to civilian life after service and life there after
Aim
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Service Life and Culture
• Structure of the 3 Services
• Values and Standards
• Service Culture
• In Service Support and Transition
• Service Experience
• Equipment
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Armed Forces
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In times of conflict or peace, the Royal Navy is key to the
prosperity of Britain and the stability of the high seas, projecting
naval strength around the globe 24/7 and 365/365.
The RN is made up of five arms; the might of ships in the Surface
Fleet, the aerial strength of the Fleet Air Arm, the covert
Submarine Service, the elite and amphibious Royal Marines, and
the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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The British Army is the UK's principal land warfare branch who are actively engaged in operational duties
across the globe. The work they do ranges from peacekeeping to providing humanitarian aid, from
enforcing anti-terrorism measures to helping combat the international drugs trade.
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The RAF currently comprises some 39,400 uniformed men and women operating 1,100 aircraft from a dozen main operating bases within the United Kingdom and at a number of airfields overseas.
Securing control of the air is the RAF’s paramount duty: most
importantly, in defence of the United Kingdom itself, but also on expeditionary operations, where control of the air guarantees the freedom of manoeuvre and action of friendly air, land and naval
forces.
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Service Culture
Service Culture is strongly based on its values and standards.
The Services’ values and Standards demand a degree of commitment and self-sacrifice which goes beyond that normally expected from other citizens.
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Values and Standards Courage
Discipline
Respect for others
Integrity
Loyalty
Commitment
Responsibility
Teamwork
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Service Life
• Structured Life
• Training
• Routines
• Fitness
• free access to fitness and sports
• High levels of fitness
• Mobility
• Frequent deployments home and abroad resulting in disruption to family life
• Accommodation
• Good pay – including benefits
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Service Life - Behaviour
• Clear command structure & decisive leadership
• Trust in those in command & work with
• Work through attitude
• Self-esteem – Pride in unit and, achievements
• Work-live-socialise with work colleagues
• Gallows humour
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Gambling
• Limited Research
• 8 times higher than general population
• 1.41% Veterans and 0.17% Civilians
• Gambling Education Programme for Forces
• Justyn Larcombe Operations Director EPIC Risk Mgt
Why?
• Adrenaline • Boredom • Culture • Determination • Ease of Access
The effects
• Physical Symptoms • Finance • Stress • Dependency
• Emotional Symptoms • Isolation • Relationships • Self-esteem
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Chain of Command Assessing Additional Support Needs
• Health
• Accommodation
• Relocation
• Drugs, alcohol and stress
• Finance
• Attitude
• Children and family
• Training and education
• Supporting agencies
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Support provided by the Armed Forces
• Unit Welfare Officers
• Family Federations
• Padres
• Free Health and Dental Services
• 24 Hr Mental Health Line
• Resilience
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Facts about a Service Person’s Future
• 29 years – average age of service leaver
• 1% - serve a full 22 year career
• A Service person will probably work in civilian employment for longer than their Service careers
• Resettlement support is based on length of service
• The public respects the Service’s achievements but is largely uninformed of their qualities and capabilities
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Service Leavers’ preparation for
civilian life
Transition/Resettlement Relationship
Enter Service
Resett
lem
en
t
Discharge
Through–career Individual Planning & Personal Development “E2H2W”
Length of Service
Old
New Resettlement
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Leaving the Services ‘Transition’
• Resettlement Policy for service leavers
• Career Transition Partnership (CTP)
• Various programmes – CV writing, website, jobs
• Injured
• Length of service
• Early Service Leavers
• Individual planning and personal development:
− Through career advice
− Housing – mortgages
− Armed Forces Covenant
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Education Support
Enhanced Learning Credits
4yrs = 3 x £1000,
6 years = 1 x £3000 (aggregated),
8+yrs = 3 x £2000
SL will have 5 years access
All med-discharges with ill-health pension or guaranteed income payment will have 10 years post discharge access.
ELCAS registered qualification
ELCAS Basepoint Business Centers , Tewkesbury Business Park, Oakfield Close, Tewkesbury Gloucestershire, GL20 8SD. http://www.enhancedlearningcredits.com UK: 0845 3005179 Overseas: 0044 191 442 8196
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Real Life Experiences
Unit Life Training Deployment
War Fighting
Peace Support
UK Operations
Rear Party/Rear Operations
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Video - Stories from 3 Veterans
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Life after Service
Leaving the Services is unlike simply changing jobs; it is a wholesale life change in which the Service leaver discards more than just employment.
They also relinquish their accommodation and the camaraderie of Services life. They undergo a radical change in lifestyle.
They enter civilian life having to discard the familiar trappings of the Services including the relationship between different ranks and the discipline of an organised and relatively institutionalised existence.
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Jane Burt
Carers and Families Lead
Armed Forces Networks:
Sussex and Kent & Medway
Impact of Service life on families
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“Many families are separated because of their work –
for instance the families of oil rig workers or long
distance lorry drivers. But what is unique to Service
families, and what makes such a distinction, is the
element of uncertainty. You don’t know what’s going
to happen to your loved one”
Mother, Naval Family
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Family Responses
MOD Tri-Service Families Continuous Attitude Survey Results 2017
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UK Armed Forces Families Strategy 2016
Vision: ‘Resilient, empowered, thriving Service families, who are treated fairly, have increased choice, and who are valued by the Nation’
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Employment
Spouses and partners of serving members:
– Require flexibility around child care while serving members away
– Gaps in CV
– Moving jobs frequently
– Promotions
– Professional development
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Health and Wellbeing: What are the issues?
• NHS waiting list times and continuity of treatment • Local variation in provision • Crossing or straddling borders and different
healthcare provision • Mental health provision- particularly access to
CAMHS • Maternity services and Health Visitor provision • Dental and Orthodontic services • Social care • Transition to civilian life- particularly for vulnerable families
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Emotional Cycle of Deployment
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Impact of Service life on families
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Domestic Abuse & Military Families Study- Key Findings
• Currently no worse than the general population
• Difficult to reintegrate when military personnel return home
• Tension could result in arguments and disagreements within the family home
• Positive ways to reintegrate: lowering the expectations of all family members during this time
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Domestic Abuse – Serving Families
University of Bristol, Dr Emma Williamson Piolet results 2009 Final results shortly funded by FiMT
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Education & Schooling • Service children may change schools up to 11 times during their
school career (Royal Navy & Royal Marines Children’s Fund, 2009) • Moving schools disrupts relationships with teachers and peers,
disturbs routines, and leads to gaps in children’s education due to variations in curriculum.
• Recent research has shown that attainment in English at Years 10
and 11 is lower among Army pupils (pupils with at least one parent in the British Army) than their civilian peers.
• School Admissions Process. • ‘Service Pupil Premium’ payment in schools.
‘Over the past two years not only have my son’s grades dipped quite
dramatically but his self-esteem seems to have been affected too. I
believe this is due to the frequent school moves and lack of stability.’
(Military Spouse)
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Carers in the Armed Forces Community
‘One in four working age members of the ex-Service community have unpaid caring
responsibilities which is considerably higher than the rate found in the general
population’
23% vs 12%
‘A UK Household Survey of the Ex Service Community in 2014’ (RBL
Report)
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Carers Action Plan 2018-20 Section 1.3
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Impact on carers health and wellbeing
8 in 10 carers
have felt lonely or socially isolated
as a result of their caring
responsibilities 71% said that they had not been able to take at least one week off as “holiday” or “free” time
55% said they had not been able to discuss their mental and physical health with someone else .
92% became more stressed through their caring role
95% regularly cover up or disguise the fact their health is suffering
Figures from Carers UK: State of Caring Report
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Examples
Susan (45) caring for her mum who has Parkinsons. Father (deceased) had a long career in the Navy
Daphne (81, ex RAF) caring for her husband Edward (89, ex RAF) who has dementia
David (54) caring for his son (28, ex Army) who has PTSD
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Military Young Carers
Caring for a parent/sibling who has returned from combat injured, both physically and/or emotionally.
OR Caring for a parent/sibling who has health problems while their other parent is away with the military.
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‘Codename: Carers’ Film about military young carers
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Evidence of impacts
Young Adult Carers 16-18yrs
are twice as likely to be NEET
750,000 Young
Carers in the UK
13,000
primary aged
carers provide more
than 50 hours of
care a week
39% said
that nobody in their school was aware of their caring role.
1/4 of Young
Carers experience bullying at school
40% of Young
Carers looking after someone with drugs or
alcohol misuse have educational
difficulties.
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Examples
Jamie (aged 11) helps to care for his 8 year old brother who has learning difficulties. Dad is in the Army and is currently serving abroad
Hayley (aged 13) caring for her Father (ex Army) who has PTSD, physical injuries and prostate cancer
Katy (17) caring for her mum who has Bi-polar disorder. Parents are divorced and Dad served in the RAF.
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Impact on Family/Caregiver
• ‘Secondary Traumatic Stress’ (Diehle et al, 2017)
• Paternal PTSD: Emotional & behavioural problems in boys (Fear et al, 2018)
• Higher rates of common mental health disorders compared to other caregiving groups
(Murphy et al, 2016)
• Lack of information on sources of support
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Support
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Research • ‘Military Families in Transition’, (2016), Centre for Social Justice
• ‘The Emotional Cycle of Deployment’, (1987), Kathleen Vestal Logan
• ‘The Overlooked Casualties of Conflict’ Report, (2009) The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children’s Fund
• ‘State of Caring’ Report, (2015), Carers UK
• ‘A UK Household Survey of the Ex Service Community in 2014’ Report, Royal British Legion
• ‘UK Armed Forces Families Strategy’, (2016), Ministry of Defence
• ‘Unsung heroes: Developing a better understanding of the emotional support needs of Service families’,(2012), Centre for Mental Health
• Young Carers in Armed Forces Families: Evidencing the Need Report (2017), The Children’s Society
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Contact me
Telephone
01273 403693
07768 376877
www.sussexarmedforcesnetwork.nhs.uk www.kentandmedwayarmedforcesnetwork.nhs.uk
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LUNCH
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Service delivery for Public Authorities
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Any Impact?
• What are the Key areas that you think from what you have heard could be have impact on someone from the Armed Forces Community.
• How do you know you are not disadvantaging if you haven’t asked the question?
• Have you or any member of your immediate family ever served in the Armed Forces?
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Life After Service What's Missing
• Comradeship
• Sense of Belonging
• Self Esteem
• Health and Fitness
• Welfare Support
• Civvies Won’t/Don’t Understand
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Accessing Health
• Registration with GPs and dentists
– Qualification for priority healthcare
– Waiting lists
– Reservists
– Case Studies
• Musculoskeletal - Chavasse 2014 report
– 60% Commonest Cause of medical discharge
– Legs or Feet related conditions Vet. 35% non 27% (Working Age)
– Back or neck Vet. 31% non 25% (working age) Annual Population Survey
• Amputees – Prosthetic Services Centres across UK
• Veteran Trauma Services (10) 3 in London – Chavasse Clinic in Brighton
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Health
• Blind Veterans
– Access in seeking help Blind Veterans UK research
• Hearing loss – ‘Loss Voices’ Report – Increase in hearing loss in the working age group
• IVF – 3 Cycles – Equality of access across the England
• Alcohol/substance misuse – Hatch et al (2013) study – Increase in those who have been deployed
– Steroids
• Understanding specific needs of minority groups (Gurkha, Foreign & Commonwealth)
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Mental Health
• Brain Injury
• Dementia
• Common Mental Health Disorders 20% and PTSD 4%-6%
– Murrison Report 2010
• Significant Research in this area new data released
• Increase in numbers in the Armed Forces Community:
Could be: actual increase in number compared to population, reducing stigma, seeking help quicker.
Video – Time to Talk
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Supporting The Armed Forces
1 1 2 3 3 5 8 22 35 43 47 52 98
269 540 588 601
971 872
1185 3050
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
Borneo
India
Suez
Rwanda
Malaya
WWII
Aden
Falklands
Gulf War
Balkans
Northern…
The Independent Commission to Review United Kingdom’s Reserve Forces Jul 2011
s.17: Since introduction of Reserve Forces Act 1996, there have been around 30,000
Reservist mobilisations Photograph: John D McHugh/AFP/Getty images
Other
Mental Health (www.kcl.ac.uk/kcmhr/pubdb)
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Stigma
• ‘Stigma may be amplified in military culture where characteristics of strength, resilience and self sufficiency are essential’ (Kings College, Psychological Health of Military Personnel, 2016)
• The fear of stigma and discrimination means that 1 in 3 people couldn’t tell their families about their problems
(Combat Stress: Stigma & Veterans Mental Health Survey, 2011)
• Service families do not currently seek help because of perceived stigma and concern about the potential effects on a military career. (Centre for Social Justice, Military Families and Transition Report, 2016)
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Road safety
In 2018: MOD Data 2013-2017 • There has been a downward trend • Tri-Service 62% risk of dying than civilians • Army 111%
In 2007: • Military personnel are twice as likely to die on the
road compared to civilians
• Motorcyclists under 30 years of age in the Army are also twice as likely to die on the road
• Significantly more chance of killing your ‘buddy’ as a passenger in your own car than by a civilian
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Criminal Justice System
Most reliable statistics show that ex-Service personnel make up between 4% - 5% of the prison population in England and Wales • Court Diversion Scheme • Custody/Police - Service Champions • Peer Mentoring – Care After Combat Charity • Local trends (e.g. HMPS Lewes, Winchester)
• Threat of violence MacManus et al (2013) < 30 • Domestic Abuse
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Social Care
• Establish if served
• Those who served for a day including everyone who did National Service served (born before 1943)
• Signpost to service charities if appropriate
• Look out for trends and issues
• Safeguarding
• Carers Assessment
• Home Care Services
• Companionship
• Home Help Service
• Personal Care Services
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Specific welfare issues
• Debt/Benefits • Citizen Advice Bureau (CAB) • PIPS • Military Charities
• Loneliness –Royal Legion Household Survey 2014 • Mobility – Wheel Chairs – adaptations RBL • House adaptations
• Major or Minor • Housing Executive good links and advice
https://www.nihe.gov.uk/adaptations
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Housing
• Housing Act 1996
(Additional Preference for Armed Forces) (England) Regulations 2012.
– Waiting lists
– Local Connection (5 Years)
• Rehabilitation of offenders
• Link to Joint Services Housing Advice Office
• Forces Help to Buy Scheme
• Managing expectations
House of Commons Library Briefing paper Number 014244, 28th July 2016 – Housing options for serving and ex-military personnel
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Homelessness • Homeless Reduction Act 2017
• 7 000 military veterans were homeless in the UK (Crisis, Shelter, Soldiers off the Streets March 2017).
• 8 000 people were seen sleeping rough in London (CHAIN 2017) – 138 had served in the armed forces. Combined Homelessness and Information Network
• In 2017 Veteran Aid helped 411 veterans who were homeless or at risk of homeless
Resources in London • The GLA – the rough sleeping strategy • LHHP Resource pack file www.healthylondon.org
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Employment Parliamentary Round-Up 17/10/2016 - no notable differences in the employment status
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Employment
• Jobs on leaving the Service
• Mentoring
• MoD Employer Recognition Scheme
• Reservists
• Forces Friendly Employers
–Flexible working
–Policies
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Other Public Sector interactions
• Role models within communities - volunteering
• Contact Centres and Libraries
– signposting to information
• Benefits and job centres
• Police - victims of crime
• Fire and Rescue Service
– incidents, home fire safety visits for vulnerable
• Ambulance Service
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Miscellaneous Issues Covenant has helped with
• Car insurance
• Mortgages – Buy to Let
• Mobile phone/broadband contracts
• Armed Forces Railcard - London
• Creates employment opportunities
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Support provided by the Military Charities
• Significant number of military charities
• Cobseo
• Guardian of good service charities
• Provides single point of contact with all stakeholders
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Things for you to consider
• The Question
• Aide Memoire
• Don’t be afraid to ask
• Resources
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Will the Real Veteran Please Stand Up!
Which one is the real veteran?
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Don’t Panic, use Resources
• Impersonation is an offence (Walter Mitty) – Armed Forces Act 2006
• Ask their number
• Charites will help if required
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• Websites
• Pathways
• Fliptool
• Elearning
• Leaflets/business cards
• Factsheets/Case studies
• Network Support Team
• National Resources
Resources Pathways • Education and Training • Employment • Housing • Mental Health • Physical Health • Rough Sleeping • Social Care • Alcohol and substance
misuse • Children • Carers • Offenders
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What this means for you as a Service Champion
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Being a Service Champion • Remember to ask ‘Have they served?’
• Recognise the unique aspects of service life
• Use the knowledge learnt on the course to better assist and support the needs of the Armed Forces Community
• To be a point of contact to give advice and guidance
• Provide training to others
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Feedback
Why • Case Studies, • Learning from each other • Evidence of impact • Feedback from those who
have been helped
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Why - Feedback
“……You have fully understood the need for not just supporting me, but for supporting my wife and two children also. Treating us as a whole “single”
unit, rather than just me as an individual and helping to provide them with access to their own support networks has been a major part of how
me, and my family, have learnt to work together..…..”
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Why - Feedback
By getting the help she needed it has started to turn her life around. Her advice for others in the same boat; “they’re not all a bunch of idiots, they do understand, they don't
want or need to hear all the gory details. They get it. They speak our language”
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Service Charities
• Adjunct to, not a replacement for statutory assistance.
• Multiplicity of charities (~2500): regimental, health, benevolence, children, ethnic and geographical etc.
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Veterans Gateway
www.veteransgateway.org.uk 0808 802 1212
•One 24/7 contact centre •Single freephone number •A website address •Instant client transferrals to appropriate support
•Easy to find global help
Service launched in response to Lord Ashcroft’s 2014 Veterans’ Transition Review, which called for the confusing support system for veterans to be simplified.
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The Royal British Legion
Information & Support Advocacy & Campaigning
Remembrance
Underpinned by: Membership Fundraising
Central Services
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Examples - Breaks
• Break Centres – hotel styled breaks to beneficiaries
• Family Holidays –in either a Holiday Park or Break Centre
• Adventure Holidays – Offered to children between 8 and 17
• Poppy Pods - The Pods provide residential holiday/respite facilities for service personnel, veterans and their families.
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Benefits, Debts and Money Advice
• Support to those facing debt problems
• Specialist advice and support to those dealing with
complex benefit issues
• Delivered face to face and over the telephone
• Promote better money management.
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War Pensions and Compensation
• Specialist advice on War Pensions and compensation awards and deterioration claims, including entitlement and award disputes
• Representation at Tribunal
• Advice on merits of the case
• Advice on supplementary allowances
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THE ‘ONE STOP SHOP’
for
ALL Servicemen, Servicewomen,
Veterans and their Dependents
Who are in Need
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SSAFA’S Mission
To relieve need, suffering and distress amongst the Armed Forces, veterans and their families in order to support
their independence and dignity
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How we help
• Practical, emotional and
financial support for serving
personnel, veterans and their
families.
• Including both regulars and
reserves and anyone who
completed National Service.
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Our volunteer network provides:
• Non-judgemental and friendly
advice.
• Welfare advice and support.
• Housing and financial assistance.
• Specialist services: » Mentoring.
» Prison In-reach.
» Independent Service Custody Visiting.
What we Do
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Issues Tackled – Caseworkers
Social isolation
Housing Relationship Breakdown
Self-Care
Loneliness
Benefits
Financial Hardship Mental Wellbeing
Addiction
Employment
Debt
Transition
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Contacts
• Royal British Legion: 0808 802 8080
• Veterans Gateway: 808 802 1212
• SSAFA: Forces Helpline: 0800 731 4880
www. ssafa.org.uk
• SSAFA in Your Area:
SSAFA Central: 020 7491 1355
London South East: 020 8639 0495
London North West: 020 8446 6813
London South West: 07582 860 443
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Workshop – Case Studies
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Reflection • Workshop – case study
• Your next steps
Any Questions?
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Next Steps
• Posters – inform your service/area that you are Armed Forces Champion, newsletter
• Review organisation practice, processes, layout, policies
• Use of Resources
– Business Cards and Leaflets
– Network Team/Council Teams
• Awareness Raising – Attend Network and Events
• Ongoing training