Temporary Accommodation After a Family Breakdown
Homelessness service caseworker (speaking English) and Client (speaking Somali) talk through “Temporary Accommodation After a Family Breakdown”. You interpret both ways — English into Somali, and Somali into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Before we discuss accommodation, are you somewhere safe, and can you tell me what happened at home that brought you to our Liverpool service?
Model answer and marking points
Inta aynaan ka hadlin hoyga, ma joogtaa meel ammaan ah, ma ii sheegi kartaa wixii guriga ka dhacay ee kugu kallifay inaad timaaddo xaruntayada Liverpool?
What an examiner checks here:
- Before discussing accommodation
- question: are you somewhere safe?
- question: what happened at home?
- Home events prompted visit to Liverpool service
Easy to miss: Keep both questions and the link between events at home and the visit to the service.
Saddex maalmood ka hor ayaan guriga ka soo baxay markii aan aabbahay is qabannay. Hadda meel ammaan ah ayaan joogaa, laakiin guriga kuma noqon karo. Boorso yar oo keliya ayaan sitaa.
Model answer and marking points
I left home three days ago after my father and I had an argument. I'm somewhere safe now, but I can't go home. I only have a small bag with me.
What an examiner checks here:
- Left home three days ago
- Argument with father
- Currently somewhere safe
- Cannot return home
- Only carrying a small bag
Easy to miss: Three days ago refers to leaving home, and being safe now does not mean returning home is possible.
Do you have somewhere to stay tonight? We will assess your accommodation needs individually. Do you have identification, and are you currently earning anything?
Model answer and marking points
Ma haysataa meel aad caawa seexato? Baahidaada hoyga si gaar ah ayaan u qiimayn doonnaa. Ma haysataa aqoonsi, haddase wax dakhli ah ma ku soo galaan?
What an examiner checks here:
- question: somewhere to stay tonight?
- Accommodation needs assessed individually
- question: do you have identification?
- question: currently earning anything?
Easy to miss: Keep all three questions, and do not turn an individual assessment into a promise of accommodation.
Laba habeen ayaan saaxiibkay la joogay, laakiin gurigoodu wuu buuxaa, caawana kuma sii hoyan karo. Qof kale oo aan u tago ma hayo. Aqoonsigayga waan sitaa, bakhaar ayaana waqti dhiman ka shaqeeyaa.
Model answer and marking points
I've stayed with my friend for two nights, but their house is full and I can't stay there again tonight. I have no one else to go to. I have my ID with me, and I work part-time at a shop.
What an examiner checks here:
- Stayed with friend for two nights
- Friend's house is full
- Cannot stay there tonight
- No one else to go to
- Has identification
- Works part-time at a shop
Easy to miss: Do not confuse the two nights already spent with the friend with accommodation available tonight.
We can look for temporary accommodation, although I cannot promise a vacancy. Do you need medication or belongings from home, and when does work start?
Model answer and marking points
Waxaan raadin karnaa hoy ku meel gaar ah, inkastoo aanan kuu ballanqaadi karin in meel bannaan la heli doono. Ma u baahan tahay daawo ama alaab guriga kuu taal, shaqaduna goormay bilaabataa?
What an examiner checks here:
- Can look for temporary accommodation
- Cannot promise a vacancy
- question: need medication or belongings from home?
- question: when does work start?
Easy to miss: Looking for temporary accommodation is not a guarantee that a place is available.
Daawo ma qaato, laakiin dharkaygii iyo kabihii shaqada ayaa guriga yaal. Waxaan ka baqayaa in muran kale dhaco haddii aan soo doonto. Berri shaqada waxaan bilaabaa lixda subaxnimo.
Model answer and marking points
I don't take any medication, but my clothes and work shoes are at home. I'm afraid there'll be another argument if I go back to get them. I start work at six tomorrow morning.
What an examiner checks here:
- Takes no medication
- Clothes and work shoes remain at home
- Fears another argument if collecting belongings
- Starts work tomorrow at 6 am
Easy to miss: The work start time is six tomorrow morning, not six in the evening.
Avoid returning if you feel unsafe. We can plan how to collect your belongings safely. Would staying outside Liverpool make getting to work difficult?
Model answer and marking points
Ha ku noqon guriga haddii aad dareemayso inaanad ammaan ahayn. Waxaan qorshayn karnaa sida aad alaabtaada si ammaan ah ugu soo qaadan lahayd. Haddii aad degto meel ka baxsan Liverpool, ma kugu adkaanaysaa inaad shaqada tagto?
What an examiner checks here:
- Avoid returning if feeling unsafe
- Can plan safe collection of belongings
- question: would staying outside Liverpool make travel to work difficult?
Easy to miss: The advice against returning is conditional on feeling unsafe.
Meel ka baxsan Liverpool waan joogi karaa haddii ay saldhig tareen u dhowdahay. Shaqada tareen ayaan ku tagaa. Fadlan iga caawi inaan qorsheeyo sidii aan alaabtayda si ammaan ah ugu soo qaadan lahaa.
Model answer and marking points
I can stay outside Liverpool if it's near a train station. I take the train to work. Please help me plan how to collect my belongings safely.
What an examiner checks here:
- Can stay outside Liverpool
- Condition: near a train station
- Travels to work by train
- Requests help planning safe collection of belongings
Easy to miss: Staying outside Liverpool is acceptable only if the accommodation is near a train station.
Yes, we can plan collection together before you return. I will consider train access. Is your phone working so we can contact you about accommodation?
Model answer and marking points
Haa, waan isla qorshayn karnaa sida aad alaabta u soo qaadan lahayd ka hor intaadan guriga ku noqon. Waxaan tixgelin doonaa sida tareenka loo heli karo. Telefoonkaagu ma shaqaynayaa si aan kaagala soo xiriirno arrinta hoyga?
What an examiner checks here:
- Can plan collection together
- Planning happens before returning home
- Will consider train access
- question: is phone working for contact about accommodation?
Easy to miss: The collection plan should be made before the person returns home.
Haa, telefoonkaygu wuu shaqaynayaa, waadna igala soo xiriiri kartaa. Baytariga ayaa iga sii dhammaanaya. Ma halkan ayaan ku dallacan karaa? Waxaan kaloo u baahanahay caawimaad aan ku helo meel aan muddo dheer dego.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, my phone works and you can contact me on it. The battery is running low. Can I charge it here? I also need help finding somewhere to live long-term.
What an examiner checks here:
- Phone works
- Can be contacted by phone
- Battery running low
- question: can I charge it here?
- Also needs help finding long-term accommodation
Easy to miss: The phone is working; its battery is running low, not already flat.
Yes, you can charge it here. Let us complete the assessment together, then discuss available options and what we can do if nothing suitable is available.
Model answer and marking points
Haa, halkan ayaad ku dallacan kartaa. Aan isla dhammaystirno qiimaynta, dabadeedna aan ka wada hadalno fursadaha la heli karo iyo waxa aan samayn karno haddii aan la helin meel kugu habboon.
What an examiner checks here:
- Permission to charge phone here
- Complete assessment together
- Then discuss available options
- Discuss what can be done if nothing suitable is available
Easy to miss: Preserve the order: complete the assessment first, then discuss options and the contingency.
Haa, diyaar baan u ahay inaan su'aalaha ka jawaabo. Aan qiimaynta dhammaystirno. Haddii aan la helin meel igu habboon caawa, waxaan rabaa inaan ogaado tallaabada xigta ka hor intaanan halkan ka tegin.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, I'm ready to answer the questions. Let's complete the assessment. If no suitable place is found for tonight, I want to know the next step before I leave here.
What an examiner checks here:
- Ready to answer questions
- Wants to complete assessment
- Condition: no suitable accommodation found for tonight
- Wants to know next step
- Must know before leaving the service
Easy to miss: The person wants to know the next step before leaving, if no suitable place is found for tonight.
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