Rough Sleeper Outreach Worker

Rough Sleeper Outreach Worker

Location: London N15 6HR

Salary: £26,250 - £34,650 per annum

The organisation is a vibrant and growing charity with over 30 years' experience working with individuals, families and communities affected by health and social inequalities across the country with a focus on improving people’s wellbeing. The organisation is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities. They have over 1,100 staff and around 100 volunteers providing services for over 20,000 people. Their specialist services include substance use, clinical, employment training and education, housing services, housing support and health, young people, and families’ services.

The Role

As an Outreach Practitioner you will support people who are homeless or vulnerably housed to increase access to substance misuse support, to sustain accommodation and ultimately move into settled accommodation.

Your duties will include but not limited to:

• You will deliver satellite provisions at co-locations such as GPs, probation, hostels etc.
• You will deliver harm reduction, brief interventions as well as being responsible for the care planning, risk assessing, and case management for service users allocated to you.
• You will have previous voluntary or paid experience of working in a client facing role and using active listening skills on a day-to-day basis.

Skills and Qualifications

• Ideally the successful candidate will have experience within a similar role as well as experience within the sector. 
• You must be proactive problem solver, empathetic as well as motivated to do this role as well as being passionate about delivering a high standard of care to some of their most vulnerable service users. 
• You must me comfortable with lone working as well as being at ease working in a variety of settings.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Enhanced occupational sick pay
• Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
• Death in service benefit
• Free Will writing
• Eyecare vouchers
• Blue light card discount
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
• Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies
• Happy, Healthy You! – their wellbeing offers for their workforce
• Employee Assist Programme and Support Networks

To Apply

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