This team is managed by the partnership team manager.

It incorporates partnership officers and a wish plus project officer working  across a broad range of areas covering:

WISh Plus 

• This is a referral hub with referrals received from internal and external organisations and self-referrals from Camden residents.
• Onward referrals are sent to partner services offering help with warmth (in the home), income, safety and security and health.
• Partner providers include the London Fire Brigade, Age UK Camden, the CAB and a handy person service.
• Referrals can be made here, phone: 0207 974 3012 or email: [email protected] .

Employment

• Referrals for any resident that needs support with employment advice are passed to the relevant employment support agency including Good Work Camden Jobs Hubs and Ingeus.
• Support of the local work and health programme, run by Ingeus.  Regular case conferencing with the case-workers and the economic development unit to identify gaps in service provision and to keep them up to date on the services available in the borough. The case-workers also use the public spaces in 5PS to meet with their participants.

Email:  [email protected] .

Welfare Changes

Work with council tenants affected by the;

• social sector size criteria (bedroom tax) mainly to support under occupiers in moving and with mutual exchanges; and
• benefit cap, working jointly with the Job centre Plus to arrange joint interviews to encourage finding employment.

Children’s Centres

• Co-located with and support the children’s centres in the borough with housing advice and training for family workers and health visitors.

Camden Living

• Arranging the viewings, the verification checks and the tenancy starts for all the new Camden Living intermediate rent properties.

Money Advice

• Financial, budgeting and benefit advice including onward referrals to advice agencies including the Mary Ward Legal Centre and the CAB.
• Referrals for advice for tenants who are in rent arrears.

Camden Advice Partnership (CAP)

• These regular meetings are chaired by a partnership officer and are an important opportunity to bring advice providers in Camden together and to give each other updates.