Rough Sleeper Outreach Worker

TipTopJob; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established charity is seeking a dedicated Outreach Practitioner to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable individuals facing homelessness. This role involves supporting clients in accessing essential services, providing care planning, and ensuring they can sustain their accommodation. Join a vibrant team with over 30 years of experience in tackling social inequalities and improving community wellbeing. With a strong focus on personal growth and professional development, this position offers a rewarding opportunity to contribute to meaningful change while enjoying a supportive work environment and generous benefits.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Annual leave purchase scheme

Enhanced occupational sick pay

Enhanced employer pension contribution

Death in service benefit

Free Will writing

Eyecare vouchers

Blue light card discount

Free training courses

Flexible working and family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role and sector is ideal.
• Must be proactive, empathetic, and motivated.

Responsibilities

• Support homeless individuals to access substance misuse support.
• Deliver care planning, risk assessing, and case management.

Skills

Empathy

Problem Solving

Active Listening

Client-facing Experience

Education

Experience in Outreach Work

Experience in Health and Social Care

Job description

Rough Sleeper Outreach Worker

Location: London N15 6HR

Salary: A£26,250 - A£34,650 per annum

The organisation is a vibrant and growing charity with over 30 years' experience working with individuals, families and communities affected by health and social inequalities across the country with a focus on improving people's wellbeing. They have over 1,100 staff and around 100 volunteers providing services for over 20,000 people. Their specialist services include substance use, clinical, employment training and education, housing services, housing support and health, young people, and families' services.

The Role

As an Outreach Practitioner, you will support people who are homeless or vulnerably housed to increase access to substance misuse support, sustain accommodation, and ultimately move into settled accommodation.

Your duties will include but are not limited to:

1. Delivering satellite provisions at co-locations such as GPs, probation, hostels, etc.
2. Delivering harm reduction, brief interventions, and being responsible for care planning, risk assessing, and case management for service users allocated to you.
3. Having previous voluntary or paid experience of working in a client-facing role and using active listening skills on a day-to-day basis.

Skills and Qualifications

1. Ideally, the successful candidate will have experience within a similar role as well as experience within the sector.
2. Must be a proactive problem solver, empathetic, motivated, and passionate about delivering a high standard of care to vulnerable service users.
3. Must be comfortable with lone working and at ease in a variety of settings.

Benefits

1. Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 year's service)
2. Annual leave purchase scheme
3. Enhanced occupational sick pay
4. Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
5. Death in service benefit
6. Free Will writing
7. Eyecare vouchers
8. Blue light card discount
9. Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
10. Work-life balance - flexible working and family-friendly policies
11. Happy, Healthy You! - wellbeing offers for the workforce
12. Employee Assist Programme and Support Networks

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please proceed through the following link to complete your application: Application Link