Housing First Worker

St Mungo's; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

St Mungo's in Camden is seeking a Housing First Worker to join our Housing First team. This full-time role (37.5 hours/week) focuses on sourcing independent tenancies and providing intensive support to help clients sustain tenancies and achieve personal goals.

You will work 9-5, Monday to Friday, in clients' homes and communities, building strong networks with local partners while managing your own caseload with a person-centred approach.

Qualifications

• Experience in housing support or social care desirable.
• Ability to work in a person-centred way with clients in their homes and community.

Responsibilities

• Deliver day-to-day management of a small caseload and service delivery.
• Provide ongoing and intensive housing support to help sustain tenancy.
• Build relationships with local partners to support client recovery.
• Communicate effectively with clients, colleagues and partner agencies.
• Work independently as a lone worker with knowledge of safety procedures.

Job description

Are you passionate about making a lasting difference to the lives of vulnerable people? This role is fulltime (37.5 hours per week) Housing First 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. We are looking for a Housing First Worker to join our team Housing First team in Camden. We aim to support hard to reach clients 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. In the role of Housing First Worker:

• In the role of Housing First Worker, you will work 9-5 Monday to Friday, working with a person centred approach to support clients in their own homes as well as in the community.
• You will be responsible for the day to day delivery of the service managing a small caseload of clients.
• You will deliver ongoing and intensive support to help your clients set up their home, with the overall goal of supporting them to sustain their tenancy and achieve individual goals and aspirations.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with local partner agencies to support clients throughout their recovery.
• Great communication skills, with the ability to network and build effective relationships with a variety people, including clients, internal colleagues and partner agencies.
• The ability to work independently and be comfortable as a lone worker, with a good knowledge of relevant protocols and safety precautions.
• The ability to manage your own caseload with a proactive and innovative approach to your work and to work flexibly in order to provide tailored support to meet client's individual needs and aspirations., 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.

Successful candidates will be required to provide evidence of their right to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate.