Rough Sleeper Worker Contract

Rough Sleeper Worker
Slough
Contract
£14 P/H

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Rough Sleeper Worker to work in Slough within the Housing Sector. The postholder will help enable people sleeping rough to address their needs, improve health and to find appropriate solutions to end their homelessness, also to encourage people to lead a more settled way of life, by providing support and appropriate referrals to a range of services to those, at risk of rough sleeping.

Main Accountabilities

• To be responsible and accountable for the effective delivery of high quality outreach services for rough sleepers and those at risk of homelessness/sofasurfing etc;
• Conduct regular, one to one targeted street outreach provision
• Respond to referrals within a reasonable time frame
• Undertake an assessment of needs and risk to ensure client’s individual needs are identified and met
• To respond to immediate needs and risks by engaging rough sleepers with relevant health and support services
• Enable clients to relocate or return to their home/area, involving specialist agencies where necessary
• Promote rights, choice, dignity and independence; Always working within appropriate professional boundaries
• This role will involve working outside of normal office hours, e.g. evenings, weekends and occasional, ‘night walks’ with other Agencies, in line with rough sleeper counts etc .

For more information please call Sam on 01616670021 or email