Housing Navigator (Street to Tenancy)

Volunteer Centre; Leeds; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in Leeds is seeking passionate individuals to join their Navigator Team. This role focuses on supporting those who have experienced homelessness and other complex issues, helping them to find and sustain accommodation. Candidates with lived experience are encouraged to apply, as the role requires a proactive and creative approach to building relationships and providing support.

Qualifications

• Experience with individuals facing homelessness or housing issues.
• Ability to build strong relationships and provide consistent support.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with complex issues into accommodation.
• Work closely with partnership agencies for effective service access.

Skills

passionate

resilient

enthusiastic

driven

energetic

proactive

creative

Job description

We are looking for individuals who arepassionate,resilientandenthusiasticto join our Navigator Team. Our Navigators work across Leeds with individuals that have experienced homelessness or housing issues to support them into accommodation and help them to sustain their tenancy. We work with people who have experienced a range of complex issues including homelessness, substance misuse, and mental health issues and may have a history of offending behaviour.

We work in aperson-centredway to ensure that we build strong relationships with the people we support. We are looking fordrivenandenergeticindividuals to join this team. Working closely in partnership with other services we support people to access services and interventions they need to build their resilience, gain confidence and acquire the personal and social assets they need to move forward. This role will work with individuals who have a high city centre street presence so it will involving with our Street support partnership agencies.

We welcome applications from people who can work in aproactiveway and applycreativesolutions to reduce barriers, someone who understands and cares about the needs of the individual and is not easily phased. Building the relationship can be difficult but with your consistent support and being a key point of contact to meet individual needs, we achieve really positive outcomes.

At Barca-Leeds we recognise the value that people who have their own experience of multiple disadvantage can bring to the team and encourage applications from people who may not have the work experience but do have lived experience.

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A copy of our competency framework can be foundhere .

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Barca-Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. It is the organisation’s policy to require the successful applicant to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check at a level appropriate to the role, before appointment is confirmed. The disclosure of a criminal conviction will not necessarily exclude candidates from appointment.