Where do people go for help in a broken system?
A block of self contained flats about 60 give or take 10, fill these self contained flats with young vulnerable people and have 3 underpaid and overworked staff members.
The people here come from the care system, dysfunctional homes and what have you. Most of them under 30, mix in mental health, substance abuse and you have a hotpot of mayhem, a whole world unseen to the wider public and ignored by lawmakers. These are the victims of a system that allows services including, mental health services to dwindle to criminal inhumane levels.
'Bob' is autistic and has learning difficulties, he has bounced from supported living, to this block of flats where he has been served with an eviction notice, but this young man doesn't understand the severity of his situation and there isn't anyone helping him. His friends all hooked on various drugs use him continuously to run errands for him ranging from getting meal deals to running drugs across town. He is a vulnerable man over looked by society and a hidden statistic.
Without the right support 'Bob' will be on the streets and once on the streets theres it's a 50-50 probability he will be on some kind of substance. Is this not based on proper statistics he either will or he wont.
'Bob' isn't the anomaly in this place, he is the norm, until people know and understand how desperate his situation is, he is on the fast track to homelessness where he really will be lost in the system, a mere face in the streets.
So where should 'Bob' go for support or help?
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