Rough Sleeper Integrated Navigator Officer

Bury Council; Bury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Bury Council is recruiting for a role within the National Rough Sleeping Programme to provide intensive, person-centred support to individuals experiencing rough sleeping across the borough. You will help people move from the streets into safe, sustainable long-term accommodation, ensuring support is shaped to meet their needs and aspirations.

The role targets individuals facing multiple disadvantages and aims to break cycles of homelessness while delivering positive outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide intensive, person-centred support to individuals experiencing rough sleeping.
• Assist with moving clients from the streets into safe, sustainable long-term accommodation.
• Tailor support to meet each persons needs and aspirations, addressing multiple disadvantages.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Job description

About the role

This exciting role forms part of the National Rough Sleeping Programme, providing intensive, person-centred support to individuals experiencing rough sleeping across the borough. You will support people from the streets into safe, sustainable long-term accommodation, ensuring that support is shaped to meet their individual needs and aspirations.

Working with a targeted cohort of individuals facing multiple disadvantages, you will play a key role in breaking cycles of homelessness and supporting people to achieve lasting positive outcomes.

If you want to be part of an innovative way of working that contributes to a national ambition at a local level, this is an excellent opportunity. We particularly welcome applications from candidates who have personal, professional, or lived experience of homelessness, rough sleeping, or supporting vulnerable individuals.

Join us and help make a real difference in the lives of some of the borough's most vulnerable residents.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

About Bury

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.

In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council

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• We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.


• We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Supporting Documents

• Privacy Notice


• Rough Sleepers Integrated Support Navigator