Homeless Recovery Worker

Morgan Hunt UK Ltd; Coventry; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Homeless Recovery Worker in Coventry. In this pivotal role, you'll connect individuals experiencing homelessness with essential services, ensuring smooth transitions and providing support tailored to diverse needs. The role requires strong communication skills, the ability to manage challenging behaviour, and experience working with vulnerable populations. If you're passionate about making a difference, apply today!

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting individuals transitioning between services.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to handle challenging situations with compassion.

Responsibilities

• Connect individuals to the necessary support services.
• Build and maintain strong communication pathways across services.
• Attend meetings and collaborate with various agencies.
• Provide culturally informed support for diverse communities.
• Manage short-term cases to ensure continuity of care.

Skills

Experience working with people who are homeless or rough sleeping

Strong communication skills

Ability to work independently

Confidence in managing challenging behaviour

Knowledge of the local area

Job description

Homeless Recovery Worker

Location: Coventry

Salary: £18-20 per hour Umbrella

Contract: Temporary 3 months

*Monday-Friday - will require flexibility to work early morning and late evenings/weekends when required*

Are you passionate about making a real difference for people experiencing homelessness? We're looking for a proactive and compassionate Homeless Recovery Worker in Coventry to connect individuals sleeping rough or insecurely housed with the services and support they need to move forward.

In this pivotal role, you'll be the link between local hostels, the council, health and social care teams, and community organisations. You'll help people access the right services, ensure smooth transitions between providers, and champion a joined-up, best-practice approach to homelessness support.

What a Homeless Recovery Worker does:

• Build strong communication and referral pathways across local services.
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings and strengthen partnerships with health, mental health, housing, and voluntary organisations.
• Support individuals moving between areas, including coordinating care handovers and ensuring continuity of support.
• Provide culturally informed engagement for Eastern European and Sub-Saharan African rough sleeping communities.
• Hold short-term cases (4-6 weeks) to ensure individuals successfully engage with new services.

What You'll Bring as a Homeless Recovery Worker

• Experience working with people who are homeless or rough sleeping.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently.
• Confidence in managing challenging behaviour and engaging individuals with diverse needs.
• (Desirable) Knowledge of the local area and local support networks.

Apply Today

If you're motivated, resilient, and committed to improving outcomes for people experiencing homelessness in Coventry, we'd love to hear from you - Please apply within.

For more information on the post of a Homeless Recovery Worker you can call the office on 0121 631 5930.

Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.