Emergency Shelter
The Dublin Simon Emergency Shelter is a low threshold which provides accommodation for 30 men and women who are homeless. The Dublin Simon Emergency Shelter is open 24/7. Service-users can stay for up to six months when they are referred to a long term bed.
We provide breakfast, lunches, evening meals and snacks are available throughout the day. There are two TV rooms, one where alcohol can be consumed.
Referrals
- Dublin Simon Rough Sleeper Team
- DCC Nightbus
Through taking referrals from our Rough Sleeper Team and the Dublin City Council Nightbus (which locates homeless people in the city centre) we ensure that we reach our target group of vulnerable rough sleepers.
Key Working & Care Planning
Every resident is assigned a member of staff who will continue to work with them throughout their stay.
Staff and residents together devise individualised Care Plans which cover anything that might impede a move into appropriate long term accomodation: from health, addiction issues and social welfare entitlements to basic life-skills, training and employment.
In-House Services
- Key working and care planning
- Life skills programme
- A nurse is available four days a week
- A doctor is available weekly at an in-house clinic
- Methadone programme -Safetynet
- There is a visiting counselling service
- A 4 day a week needle-exchange encourages safer habits among drug users. The Rough Sleeper Team also run out of hours needle-exchange
- Two stabilisation rooms
- Service user participation
- Social programme
To contact the Emergency Shelter call (01) 4759357 or email harcourt@dubsimon.ie
Night Shelters
Dublin Simon Community also run two night shelters, one in Ushers Quay and a second one in Dun Laoghaire. These services are night only and focus on providing accomodation and care for people that would otherwise be sleeping out of doors.