Useful Links, Forms and Documents
Local Authorities
Social Services Departments
Benefits Agency
Housing Services
Resident Involvement
Supported Housing and Care
Safeguarding
General
Forms
Local Authorities
Epping Forest District Council
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
West Suffolk Councils (St Edmundsbury)
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Social Services Departments
Southend-on-Sea Social Services
Thurrock Social Services (children)
Thurrock Social Services (adult)
Benefits Agency
Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Services
Homes England (Formerly Homes and Community Agency)
Home Hunt
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Resident Involvement
Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS)
Supported Housing and Care
Think Local, Act Personal (formerly Putting People First)
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
General
The Lighthouse Furniture Project
Safeguarding
‘Safeguarding’ refers to protecting both vulnerable children and vulnerable adults from harm or abuse. You may hear it referred to as safeguarding children or safeguarding adults. We are committed to protecting our residents from harm or abuse and if we are made aware of this occurring, we will pass this information to the relevant agency to investigate.
Children
Essex Safeguarding Children Board
Barking & Dagenham Safeguarding Children Board
Havering Safeguarding Children Board
Redbridge Safeguarding Children Board
Suffolk Safeguarding Children Board
Forms
Giving consent to third-parties
Sometimes we receive requests from people (such as relatives, partners, etc.) who wish to deal with tenancy matters on behalf of the person who is our resident.
We are required by law (with only a few very specific exceptions) to maintain the confidentiality of our residents records. This can cause the people trying to act on behalf of the resident to think that we are being obstructive, but that is not the case.
Estuary Housing Association takes your privacy seriously, and adheres to current data protection legislation to keep all personal data secure. We therefore have to be certain that the resident gives their consent for us to interact with others on their behalf.
If you are the resident, you must give very serious consideration to the ramifications of giving your consent for someone else to interact with us on your behalf. For this reason we require you to complete and submit a signed Consent form detailing the type of information you are authorising us to disclose.
The validity of any consent may not last for more than six months and is subject to regular review. You will be able to remove this consent at any time by notifying us in writing.