Outreach Worker-Ealing

Morgan Hunt UK Limited; Brentford; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Outreach Worker to join their Ealing Outreach Team. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on the lives of rough sleepers by assessing their needs and connecting them with vital services. You will work collaboratively with various agencies, ensuring that each individual receives the support they require. The position demands excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with the ability to manage a caseload of complex clients. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a flexible working environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience dealing with homeless individuals in a social care setting.
• Enhanced DBS check is required for this position.

Responsibilities

• Assess rough sleepers and connect them with external services.
• Support clients in accessing social care services and accommodation.
• Update assessments and maintain the CHAIN database.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Flexibility

Confidence in Representing Clients

Education

Experience in Social Care

Enhanced DBS Check

Tools

CHAIN Database

Job description

Ealing Outreach Worker

Hours: 37.5 per week

Location: Ealing

Pay: £15.86 plus holiday pay = £17.77 per hour or £20.00 umbrella

Rota: 37.5 hours Monday - Friday

Hours: Mixture of shifts - 3x 09:00-17:00 shifts and 2x 05:00-13:00 plus one street count shift a month (21:00-02:00)

Being a car driver is desirable but not a requirement.

We are recruiting an outreach worker to join our client's Ealing Outreach Team. Working within the Outreach Team will give you the opportunity to make a huge impact on the lives of rough sleepers. This is a challenging but rewarding role that requires you to assess rough sleepers, advising them around their available options and linking them with external services in accordance with their needs. The role will see you most of the time in the Heathrow area.

As an Outreach Worker you will:

• Work in pairs to cover the outreach shift responsibilities and lone work with risk assessed service users to attend appointments in the community.
• Support rough sleepers to access appropriate social care services and accommodation options.
• Be a first response to referrals, carrying out needs and risk assessments with new rough sleepers.
• Update assessments on rough sleepers already known to the team.
• Regularly update the CHAIN database.
• Find the best course of action for each client's scenario.
• Work alongside other agencies including local authorities, health services, housing providers, the police, and drug & alcohol services.

To be successful you will need to:

• Have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Be flexible and responsive to meet the needs of rough sleepers.
• Have the confidence and ability to manage a caseload of complex clients.
• Have the necessary IT skills to collect, collate, and interpret data.
• Be confident in representing our client at external meetings and with outside agencies.
• You must have an enhanced, adult and child DBS check to apply for this post; if you need one, get in touch.

To be successful as an Outreach Worker, you will have:

• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to build strong effective working relationships.
• The ability to empower individuals to make positive changes and a willingness to develop these skills.
• The ability to work flexibly on a shift rota basis with people on the streets and in different locations within the borough.

Our Ealing-based client is willing to look at candidates who do not have direct outreach experience, but you must have experience in dealing with homeless people in a social care setting.

This is a fantastic opportunity within a great team. If this sounds of interest to you, apply today!

The Ealing rough sleeper population NEED YOU!