The Sheltered Housing Network (SHN) provides services throughout the United Kingdom.

The SHN is committed to promoting the benefits of sheltered housing and the professional status of sheltered housing staff.

SHN aims to provide an information service to all involved or interested in sheltered housing. Use us to access Training and Consultancy services plus obtain and share relevant information.

The National Certificate of Professional Practice in Sheltered / Supported Housing

This newly created course provides staff working within sheltered housing and allied services the opportunity to study on an innovative and topical course that will assist to develop and sharpen the skills required in providing support services to service users. On successful completion of the course you will receive a nationally recognised Level 3 award. SHN is running this course regionally across the country, and it is also available via our distance learning site.

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Open Access Events

We run regular training events across the UK on a wide range of topics. We pride ourselves in providing high quality cost effective training. Attending our open access events can cost as little as £35 - which includes a buffet lunch!

We are always looking for suitable venues. Your organisation could gain free training by hosting such an event. Click here to find out more.

In-House Training

All in-house training is designed to meet your organisations specific requirements.

The course content is delivered in a flexible manner to ensure that all of the participants are given the opportunity to develop their individual skills.

Additional tutors required

Due to the high demand for SHN nationally accredited courses and training packages, we are looking for additional tutors in a number of regions across the UK. If you value students as customers and want to find out the benefits of working with SHN to develop supportive learning environments that aim to enable all to develop their full potential, refer to Opportunities with SHN.

Do You Have Effective Procedures?

The SHN Customised Procedure Manual is designed in Flowchart Format for clarity and ease of use. Further details can be found here.

Effective Support Plans for Sheltered Housing

Are you looking for a clearly structured support plan for sheltered housing?

SHN have produced a Support Plan Template. This can be easily customised by organisations to meet their own specific requirements.

Staff training sessions

Designed for staff who are involved with conducting 'Support Plan' interviews, this training aims to develop the skills and knowledge required to conduct pro-active interviews enabling support plans to be effective in recognising the individual needs of users to enable you to provide a flexible and tailored package of support to each user.