Peer Advocate Worker

Twiford Funeral Homes, LLC & Albemarle Crematorium, Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated organization committed to helping homeless individuals in London. This role as a Peer Advocate Worker offers a unique opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of those facing homelessness. You will work in a supportive environment, collaborating with various service providers to ensure that clients receive the necessary support for their mental and physical health needs. With a focus on building relationships and providing high-quality case management, you will play a crucial role in transforming lives and fostering a sense of community. If you are passionate about making a difference and have the skills to engage with diverse populations, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

34 days’ holiday

Pension scheme

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Staff wellbeing sessions

Refer a friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.
• Ability to build relationships with clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Promote services and engage with housing and homelessness providers.
• Deliver high-quality services focusing on engagement with homeless clients.

Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Job description

Peer Advocate Worker
37.5 Hours per week
£27,100 per annum

The Organisation

Our client is dedicated to helping homeless people in London find secure accommodation and work towards a positive future. They work tirelessly to support homeless people to recover from their personal issues and break down the barriers that they face. They recognise that homelessness is much more than just a housing issue, so they provide a range of accommodation and support services to help people reach their full potential.

This is a superb opportunity for an individual with drive, focus and a desire to work with our client’s outstanding charity to help them combat homelessness. You’ll discover a passionate, supportive environment where the entire team are working towards the same goals and are dedicated to making positive change and producing great results.

The Benefits

1. 34 days’ holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) increasing with length of service
2. Pension scheme
3. Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme
4. A range of benefits including cycle to work scheme and staff wellbeing sessions
5. Refer a friend bonus scheme

This role will be responsible for the promotion of the services across the boroughs, engaging with a range of supported housing and homelessness service providers to source referrals into the services. The role will also be responsible for the liaison and communication of case management across any providers engaged with the service.

This role will deliver high-quality services offered by our client’s programme, focusing on the engagement of homeless clients, including rough sleepers into a range of primary care, mental health and substance misuse services. This post is required to undertake good quality case work and assessments of individuals with complex needs including challenging mental and physical health needs.

Our client’s service engages and supports rough sleepers with their mental and physical ill health needs, helping them access services that are often difficult to access, meaning that they have poor access to health and social care services.

You will need to have great communication, organisational and interpersonal skills, as well as being able to build on the relationships our client has with clients and stakeholders, as well as create new relationships that benefit the service users and the organisation.

The role will be responsible for processing referrals into the service from a range of sources across the boroughs and act as an entry point into the service. To work closely and proactively with local authorities, statutory and non-statutory health and housing services to improve pathways for homeless clients accessing physical and mental health services.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer, values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and they believe that the more inclusive their environment is, the better their work will be.

Our client welcomes and encourages applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. They are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

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