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Transitional and Long-Term Accommodation McAuley House, Sligo Transitional and Long-term Accommodation Contact: 071 9161688 or [email protected] Website: www.sligosocialservices.ie/accommodation/ Address: Charles Street, Sligo Town, Sligo. Clients: Families McAuley House offers accommodation for four families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, and have been referred through the housing department of Sligo County Council. Support is provided to families in areas which are likely to cause difficulties in their family and their future accommodation. This includes: • Managing a tenancy, budgeting, dealing with neighbours; • Parenting, behavioural issues, communication, relationships & attachments, nutrition, living environment. Support accessing services and move on housing will also be provided. Families remain in the service for up to a maximum of twelve months. Ballytivnan Short-term Accommodation, Sligo Contacts and referrals Contact: 071 9161688 or [email protected] Access to each service in each county varies, Website: www.sligosocialservices.ie/accommodation/ depending on the organisation involved. To Address: Ballytivnan, Sligo Town, Sligo. enquire about possible access, please contact Clients: Single men each organisation directly. Ballytivnan provides short-term accommodation (up to six months) with support for single men who have been identified as requiring additional support before they move to independent living. The service has the capacity to work with five residents at any one time. The service does not have staff on site at all times rather staff visit the project daily to meet with clients for informal contact and to carry out key working sessions and group work sessions. Each resident is offered one: one support to help residents address which may be a barrier to their settling and sustaining a tenancy in housing within the community. Group support is also provided to build capacity in areas which are likely to cause difficulties in future accommodation. Shalomar, Sligo Contact: 071 9150707 or [email protected] Website: www.shalomar.ie Address: Finisklin Road, Sligo Town, Sligo, F91 W303. Clients: Single men Shalomar provides a small number of short-term transitional beds for homeless men. Access to the transitional accommodation is generally focused on men who have originally used Shalomar’s emergency accommodation services. 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