Specialist Multiple Disadvantage Worker

Single Homeless Project co; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary progression after probation

37.5 hour week with core hours 10am-40

25 days annual leave (30 max)

Contributory pension: 5%

Health plan and discounts

Integrated training program

Job summary

Single Homeless Project is recruiting a Specialist Multiple Disadvantage Worker to join the Grace House team in Camden, London. This is a full-time, permanent position with a salary of £32,034.46 to £35,081.51 per year, paid in pounds and subject to incremental rises.

You will provide skilled, persistent support to women facing homelessness, trauma, and related challenges, using a gender- and trauma-informed approach while managing complex caseloads and advocating for clients through

Qualifications

• Experience supporting women facing multiple disadvantage.
• Gender- and trauma-informed approach.
• Ability to navigate services and systems.
• Strong advocacy and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build trusting relationships with women who may have been let down by services.
• Manage complex casework and advocate on behalf of clients.
• Coordinate with partners and external services to ensure seamless support.
• Drive coordinated, supportive planning with a trauma-informed approach.
• Contribute to multi-agency discussions and system navigation.

Skills

Trauma-informed

Casework

Advocacy

Multi-agency

Job description

competitive salary starting at £32,034.46 and rising incrementally to £35,081.51 per annum.

We’re London’s leading homelessness charity - and we get things done.

Single Homeless Project has a new opportunity for a Specialist Multiple Disadvantage Worker to join and work in our team based in Camden, London. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary starting at £32,034.46 and rising incrementally to £35,081.51 per annum.

In a city where hundreds are forced into homelessness every day, our work has never been more needed or more challenging. And we’re not shying away. We’re rolling up our sleeves to make change and helping over 10,000 Londoners every year. We prevent homelessness, provide safe places to live and give people the opportunity to rebuild their lives and transform their futures. And we never give up.

We’re here for Londoners wherever they are on their journey. We start with trust, building relationships that help people feel safe, supported, and ready to move forward. Every day, we put people first in everything we do, challenging injustice and barriers that keep people from the safety, stability and opportunity they deserve. We stand alongside people as they rebuild and shape a future that feels their own.

Joining Single Homeless Project means joining a team that’s bold, compassionate and determined to do better for the people we support and for each other. You’ll work alongside colleagues with lived experience, in a space that’s trans-inclusive, disability-friendly, and actively striving to be anti-oppressive and equitable.

We’re not perfect, but we’re real. We listen. We learn. And we push forward, together. Because this isn’t just a job. It’s a chance to lead with empathy, spark change, and help build a London where no one is left behind.

About The Specialist Multiple Disadvantage Worker Role

For women facing multiple disadvantage, the right support can be the difference between remaining trapped by systems and beginning to rebuild safety, choice and control. As our Specialist Multiple Disadvantage Worker at Grace House, you’ll provide skilled, persistent and compassionate support to women whose experiences may include homelessness, domestic abuse, trauma, substance use, poor mental health and contact with the criminal justice system.

Using a gender and trauma-informed approach, you’ll build trusting relationships and work alongside women at their own pace. You’ll manage complex casework, advocate firmly on their behalf and help navigate services and systems that can often feel fragmented or difficult to access. You’ll use creativity, professional judgement and tenacity to challenge barriers and help women move forward on their own terms.

You’ll also bring your expertise into multi-agency discussions, ensuring women’s voices, experiences and priorities remain central to the decisions made about their support. Working closely with colleagues and external partners, you’ll help shape responsive, coordinated support and contribute to the continued development of practice across Grace House.

This is an opportunity to deepen your specialist skills, take real ownership of your work and make a visible difference in women’s lives. You’ll be supported by an experienced team, reflective practice and ongoing learning and development at Single Homeless Project (SHP), giving you the tools and confidence to grow while delivering support that genuinely changes lives.

• For genuine occupational requirement reasons, we are seeking applications from women only for this post (exemption under the Equality Act 2010; Schedule 9 Part 1).

About You As Our Specialist Multiple Disadvantage Worker

• You know how to build trust with women who may have been let down by services before, working with patience, honesty and consistency.


• You bring strong experience of supporting women facing multiple disadvantage and understand how trauma, abuse, homelessness, poor mental health and substance use can overlap.


• You stay calm when situations are complex, using sound judgement to assess risk, make decisions and keep support moving forward.


• You are a determined advocate who will challenge barriers, bring partners together and keep pushing when systems are not responding.


• You are reflective, curious and ready to deepen your specialist practice, with support, supervision and development opportunities at SHP.

Our Attractive Benefits Package Includes

• A salary increase after successfully completing six month’s probationary period


• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am - 4pm) in non-accommodation services


• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays)


• A contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary


• Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme


• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

Important Information

Please note there will be a second stage interview in service in Camden for suitable candidates.

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant.

Please note applications are reviewed for AI use in application questions. Applications with insufficient right to work or requiring sponsorship will not be accepted for this role.

Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed and are IIP Silver accredited.