Outreach Worker

SPEAR; Greater London; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

SPEAR, a charity helping the homeless in London, seeks an Outreach Worker to support rough sleepers. This role involves identifying and assisting vulnerable individuals towards independent living while managing relationships with services. Join a team dedicated to making a positive impact in the community.

Benefits

34 days’ holiday (including bank holidays)

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Enhanced occupational sick pay

Yearly eye care vouchers

Flexible working

Free moving house day

Qualifications

• Driver’s licence essential.
• Previous experience of working with vulnerable people.
• Ability to record accurate notes on various databases.

Responsibilities

• Identify and target rough sleepers, managing a caseload of support.
• Assist rough sleepers in accessing accommodation and services.
• Maintain effective relationships with multi-agency partners.

Skills

Empathy

Compassion

Proactive

Job description

Salary: £30,364

37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)

12-Month Fixed-Term Contract

Merton / Sutton (1 day per week in Twickenham office)

About Us

We are SPEAR, a charity dedicated to helping homeless people across six London boroughs to find secure accommodation and work towards a positive future. For over 35 years, we’ve worked tirelessly to support homeless people to recover from their personal issues and break down the barriers that they face. We recognise that homelessness is much more than just a housing issue, so we provide a range of accommodation and support services to help people reach their full potential.

We’re currently looking for an Outreach Worker to join our passionate team and support the delivery of our outreach service in the London Boroughs of Merton and Sutton.

This is an amazing opportunity to help change the lives of marginalised rough sleepers and help them move from rough sleeping to independence.

The Role

As an Outreach Worker, you’ll enable rough sleepers to leave the street and take their first steps towards lasting, genuine independence.

Specifically, You Will

• Identify and target rough sleepers in shift patterns, including those unwilling to initially engage
• Manage a caseload, offering consistent and ongoing support
• Assist rough sleepers to access appropriate services, including accommodation
• Make and maintain effective multi-agency relationships
  
  

About You

• Driver’s licence essential
• Previous experience of working with vulnerable people
• To participate in shift work to enable maximum contact with service users
• Being proactive in working in a multi-agency context, and referring appropriately to support agencies
• Ability to record accurate notes on various databases in a timely fashion and fill out forms
• Be able to show empathy and compassion
  
  

This is a full-time role, which will include working shift patterns to reflect the client’s rough sleeping habits. (Driving licence essential).

Your Benefits

• 34 days’ holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) increasing with length of service
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Enhanced occupational sick pay
• Enrolment into our pension scheme after three months’ service
• Yearly eye care vouchers
  
  

Your Perks

• 24-hour access to confidential counselling services (EAP)
• Free staff wellbeing sessions
• Flexible working
• Free moving house day
• Staff interest-free loans and season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme and free parking at some sites
  
  

Once you join us, you will be eligible for a whole host of benefits. Need a day off to move house? We can do that. Want to be out in nature every day and cycle to work? No problem. Need to know you’ll be financially secure whether you’re sick, having a child or simply in the future? We’ve got that covered with sick pay, parental leave and a great pension scheme.

We’ll also ensure your mental wellbeing can be your number one priority through access to a confidential counselling service, so you can go home every day knowing your hard work is helping some of those most marginalised people in society move from homelessness to independence.

This is a brilliant opportunity to support the delivery of vital services and make a tangible impact on some of the most vulnerable in the community.

SPEAR welcomes and encourages applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.

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