Rough Sleeper Navigator

Essential Employment; Highweek; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment is seeking a Rough Sleeper Navigator in Newton Abbot on a temporary full-time contract. The role focuses on outreach to rough sleepers, providing advocacy and navigation to housing and support services to reduce rough sleeping in Teignbridge.

The successful candidate will build trust with clients, conduct strength-based assessments, and collaborate with housing, health, and partner agencies to promote sustainable life away from the streets, including unsocial hours outreach

Responsibilities

• Provide outreach to rough sleepers and assess their needs to help move them toward stable housing.
• Build trust and offer person-centred advocacy to navigate services.
• Collaborate with housing, health services, police, and accommodation providers to maximise positive outcomes.
• Support clients to engage with recovery, develop life skills, and access benefits.
• Carry out strength-based assessments and plan interventions for each client.

Job description

Rough Sleeper Navigator needed in Newton Abbot, £18.04phPAYE - Reference: 5309557

• To play a crucial role in the resettlement of rough sleepers, providing a comprehensive service to a caseload of clients who are currently sleeping rough or who have a recent history of rough sleeping in Teignbridge. Building trust and providing person centred advocacy and support which enables clients to navigate pathways and progress towards a life away from the streets.
• To actively contribute towards the goal of reducing rough sleeping within Teignbridge.
• To actively contribute to the achievement of the strategic objectives and government targets and implement the Homelessness Strategy.
• Undertake assertive street outreach sessions and hot spot visits, including during unsocial hours, to engage with people sleeping rough from their first point of contact and encourage long-term change.
• Carry out a strength-based assessment with each rough sleeping client and plan and enact support actions/interventions, which will assist clients to achieve their goals and move towards a sustainable life away from the streets.
• Support close partnership working with the housing, health and wellbeing services, police, emergency accommodation providers and wider partner agencies to maximise positive outcomes for clients.
• Give clients choices and information and provide an enabling service so that they can access appropriate services, minimise harm and overcome barriers to engagement.
• Encourage and assist clients to establish positive social networks and undertake meaningful activities to assist and promote social inclusion.
• Support clients to engage with their recovery, develop life and social skills, claim benefits, and access appropriate accommodation and avoid a return to the streets.
• Use creative approaches including personal budgets to support clients.

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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