Housing Navigator (Street to Tenancy)

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

Job summary

Join a leading organization in Leeds dedicated to supporting individuals facing homelessness and housing issues. As part of the Navigator Team, you will provide essential support, helping clients access services and sustain their tenancies. We value lived experience and encourage applications from those who understand the challenges faced by our clients.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with homelessness to access accommodation.
• Work closely with other services to build resilience and confidence.

Skills

Resilience

Enthusiasm

Proactivity

Creativity

Job description

What will the role look like?

We are looking for individuals who are passionate, resilient and enthusiastic to 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 a person-centred way to ensure that we build strong relationships with the people we support. We are looking for driven and energetic individuals 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 a proactive way and apply creative solutions 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 found here.

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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.