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Rough Sleeping Outreach Worker

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 17 days
Location

Coventry, West Midlands CV6 3GN

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Part Time

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  • Hays is seeking candidates for full-time, temporary roles with Coventry City Council, focusing on supporting rough sleepers.
  • The position requires a minimum of one year of experience working with rough sleepers or complex needs individuals.
  • Successful candidates will earn a pay rate of £13.69 per hour plus holiday allowance.
  • The role involves early morning outreach and flexible working hours, with a strong emphasis on teamwork and effective support.
  • Knowledge of homelessness issues and excellent interpersonal skills are essential for this challenging role.

Your new companyHays is the exclusive recruiting partner for Birmingham City Council, Sandwell Council, Coventry Council and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. We are currently looking for candidates to join their teams on a full-time, temporary basis. Being a large local authority, Coventry City Council are recruiting now for an ASAP start once compliant, due to high demand in the team.Your new roleYou will be working in and out of city centre locations. The team work closely with partner services to support rough sleepers to move on to both interim and settled accommodation.The team at Coventry are providing a dual service; engaging those we find rough sleeping along with supporting those newly accommodated, removing barriers and increasing opportunities in persistent and creative ways. This is a challenging role working with some of our cities most complex rough sleepers and we are looking for people to provide flexible and effective support to both those on their caseload and the team.The role involves working early morning outreach, other unsociable hours on occasion and relies on the whole team working flexibly as necessary. Use of your own car is desirable.Morning Outreach 6am - 2pm once a week generally, then 9am - 5pm every other day.

What you'll need to succeedTo be successful in this role you need to have:

  • Knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by homeless people, including adults with multiple and complex needs and/or no recourse to public funds.
  • Knowledge of homelessness
  • Experience in working with either rough sleepers, hard to reach groups or those with multiple and complex needs
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent negotiating and advocacy skills
  • Ability to assess people's needs and complete risk assessments
  • Ability to work effectively in partnership with multiple partner services
  • Ability to lone work and manage your own day-to-day caseload
  • Ability to deal positively with conflict and work to avoid situations escalating.
  • Ideally drive but not essential.

What you'll get in returnThis role is full-time, temporary roles based in Coventry. Usually it is a 3-month ongoing contract with a high likelihood of long-term extensions. This position in particular offers a pay rate of £13.69 per hour + holiday allowance.What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.