Housing First Coordinator

St Mungo's; Reading; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

St Mungo's in Reading is seeking a Housing First Coordinator to lead the development and daily delivery of a Housing First service for hard-to-reach clients. You will oversee a team of Housing First Workers, provide supervision, and manage a caseload to deliver intensive, high-quality community support and tenancy sustainment.

The role requires strong leadership, excellent communication, and a commitment to supporting vulnerable people.

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex and difficult situations in relation to people, with some day-to-day management/supervision of staff or volunteers or willingness to develop these skills.
• Great communication skills, with the ability to network and build effective relationships with a variety people.
• Understanding of the issues involved in providing support to people with complex support needs including mental and physical health needs, substance dependency and who may be on low income.
• A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
• Please note, This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have existing and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the development and day-to-day delivery of the Housing First service.
• Oversee line management, support and supervision of Housing First Workers.
• Oversee case management to provide intensive high-quality support to clients on the caseload.

Skills

Communication skills

Staff supervision

Relationship building

Job description

Are you ready to take the next step in your career supporting vulnerable people in Reading? is an innovative approach to supporting the most, excluded and hard to reach clients. It focuses on finding housing first; and then addressing the issues that have contributed to an individual's homelessness. The Reading Housing First service aims to support hard to reach clients with complex needs; by sourcing independent tenancies and providing intensive support into long term accommodation. By adopting a flexible, creative and personalised approach, the service aims to support individuals to manage their tenancies in the community and rebuild their lives. As the Housing First Coordinator you will have the opportunity to lead on the development and day-to-day delivery of the service, taking responsibility for line management, support and supervision of Housing First Workers and overseeing case management so they can provide intensive high quality support to their individual caseload of clients., Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.

We are looking for a motivated individual who is looking for an exciting step in their career. Working for 1 of the sectors ground-breaking initiatives to support and end to rough sleeping.

• Experience managing complex and difficult situations in relations to people, some day to day management/supervision of staff or volunteers or willingness to develop these skills.
• Great communication skills, with the ability to network and build effective relationships with a variety people.
• Understanding of the issues involved in providing support to people with complex support needs including mental and physical health needs, substance dependency and who may be on low (or no) income.
• A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate., Please note, This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have existing and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment.