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Join Single Homeless Project (SHP) as a Senior Outreach Worker and take a leading role in our response to rough sleeping across Redbridge. This is frontline work with purpose - combining assertive outreach, strong local partnerships and trauma-informed practice to help people move away from the streets for good. You’ll be part of a committed, values-driven team working closely with housing, health, substance use and immigration services to create real opportunities for change.
Job Responsibility:
Lead outreach shifts across the borough, offering direction, reassurance and momentum to a team of Outreach Workers
Hold a focused caseload of people facing complex challenges
Work in close partnership with Navigators to ensure each person’s journey off the streets is joined-up, consistent and grounded in trust
Balance hands-on engagement with thoughtful coordination, modelling best practice and keeping people at the centre of every decision
Requirements:
Solid experience of working alongside people who are rough sleeping or at risk of street homelessness
Confident taking the lead on outreach shifts, supporting others
Understanding of homelessness pathways, safeguarding and wider systems
Ability to build strong, effective relationships with partners across statutory and voluntary services
Ability to stay grounded under pressure, think clearly when situations are complex
Strong sense of social justice aligning with SHP’s values of hope, inclusion and transformation
What we offer:
Salary increase after successfully completing six month's probationary period
37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm)
25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays)
Contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary