Housing letter and catchment advocacy — OSCE

Station brief (8–10 minutes)

Counsel the parent and outline a dual plan: immediate family advocacy and ethical catchment needs assessment. Do not invent local housing law details. [1] [8] [22]

Tasks for the candidate

1. Explore housing, food and safety with dignity; identify red flags for tonight. [21] [22]
2. Explain what a clinically useful housing letter can and cannot claim. [1] [22]
3. Arrange same-day social supports and asthma safety-netting. [19] [22]
4. Redirect the media campaign impulse toward partnership-based needs assessment. [3] [8]
5. Name evaluation ideas and confidentiality limits. [2] [8]

Expected performance

Must hit. Acute crisis first; respectful SDOH history; factual letter principles; food/housing linkage; no fabricated statistics; advocacy with community not only for them; dual track (family + catchment). [1] [3] [8] [22]

Merit. Names need types or advocacy levels; proposes asset mapping; equity metrics; toxic-stress framing for why systems matter. [8] [20]

Fail. Defers all help to a future committee; invents prevalence numbers; blames the parent; breaches confidentiality for publicity; ignores possible safeguarding. [3] [20]

Sample candidate structure

“We will help your family today and also look at the wider pattern properly. Tonight’s safety and food come first. I can write a letter with clinical facts and link supports now. For the estate, we should meet families and partners, use data and assets, then decide actions — not start with media.” [1] [3] [8] [21] [22]