Crisis at Christmas Locum Outreach Worker (Day Centres)

Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. In 2024 we embarked on our new 10-year strategy for ending homelessness. We know it is not inevitable. We know together we can end it.

Title: Crisis at Christmas Locum Outreach Worker (Day Centres)

Contract: Casual worker in December 2024 – a minimum of three shifts, 8-hour shifts between Tuesday 24 Dec and Saturday 28 Dec 2024

Pay: £20 per hour over three, 8-hour shifts (£30 per hour on Bank Holidays – 25 and 26 December)

Locations: Crisis at Christmas day centres will be operating from the locations below:

·       Stratford Day Centre, School 21, E15 4RZ

·       Pimlico Day Centre, Pimlico Academy, SW1V 3AT

·       Bermondsey Day Centre, City of London Academy Southwark, SE1 5LA

A fantastic locum opportunity for skilled Outreach workers who have front line experience supporting rough sleepers.

You will be working at our Christmas Day Centres to engage with our guests looking for help, guidance, and support around their housing situation, especially those who are believed to currently be rough sleeping.

You will be employed  directly by Crisis during this period, for this reason any applications must be with permission from your current employer which must be sought and cannot be assumed.

Experience required

·       Demonstrable experience of working directly with rough sleepers (e.g., in outreach, day centres or similar services)

·       Good knowledge of voluntary sector services and statutory rights of homeless people

·       Ability to deal flexibly with a broad range of clients, and with challenging behaviour.

·       Striving for equality of opportunity in the context of rough-sleeping and homelessness

·       Current registered CHAIN user

Shifts

Shifts will be 9am – 6pm and Day Centre Outreach workers must commit to a minimum of 3 shifts to be accepted into the role.

You will also accrue annual leave during this work, which will be calculated according to statutory guidelines and will be paid in your final payslip. Holiday entitlement will be calculated as 12.07% of actual hours worked and equates to approximately £3.80 per hour for bank holidays worked and £2.40 per hour for non-bank holiday work.