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Job Description
Salary: £66,573 to £79,782
Location: 5 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG
Permanent/ Full Time (37 Hours)
Closing Date: Tuesday 14 May 2024; 23:59
Interview Date: Thursday 23 May 2024
Inclusive Recruitment Pilot
In keeping with Camden's commitment to Conscious Inclusion, we are taking positive action to improve diversity at our senior levels. One of the measures we have committed to is making sure we don't have any All-White shortlists for leadership roles.
The recruitment to this role will form part of that pilot, to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in senior roles within the council. If you are a Black, Asian or Other Ethnic candidate and would like to self-declare this as part of our positive action commitments, please do so. For further information, please email the resourcing team at resourcing@camden.gov.uk
About Camden
Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive by making our borough the best place to live, work, study, and visit. We're not just home to the UK's fastest-growing economy - we're focused on creating a borough in which everyone can live a good life and nobody gets left behind.
Homelessness and housing insecurity is incredibly challenging in Camden due to its central London location, levels of deprivation and high cost of living. The homelessness system involves many different organisations and services across health, social care, housing and justice sectors. It can be difficult for people to navigate this, and Camden is committed to delivering a more integrated and holistic system of support for people experiencing homelessness.
The Council is hosting this integrated system approach. We have a clear vision - to organise the right people and skills around challenges (like our missions) to deliver the best outcomes for Camden residents.
Camden has a proud, rebellious spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change. We're willing to be bold and try new things in the process.
What You'll Be Doing
Due to the large volume of services and organisations involved, the homelessness system is not easy for people experiencing homelessness to navigate. During the Covid-19 pandemic, partners across housing, health, social care and beyond worked in an integrated way that provided positive results for homeless people or those at risk of homelessness. Following this, Camden's Homelessness System Transformation was established, running from April 2022 to March 2025, to cultivate this approach and use the principles of an integrated support model that has been developed during the pandemic.
The transformation has made significant strides in establishing a diverse partnership of organisations and people with lived experience that aims for a more cohesive, holistic and accessible system to better support homeless people. To continue to realise these ambitions, embed the 'test and learn' approaches that have been developed and provide ongoing, consistent strategic leadership across Camden's homelessness system, this permanent post has been created.
Camden Council as an organisation is looking to break down barriers and service/organisational silos impeding joint working for the benefit of homeless people. We would therefore like candidates to come forward who are open to working in a collaborative, flexible and transparent way. This work should be driven by the needs of homeless people rather than the needs and objectives of any Camden organisation and, as such, there will be a strong element of coproduction in this transformation.
The key impacts of this role will be:
* That people experiencing homelessness will have improved access to, and experience of, the support that enables them to sustain their accommodation option(s).
* That Services and practitioners have improved understanding of the barriers faced by people experiencing homelessness, and how to effectively support them.
* That organisations across Camden have improved understanding of homelessness and are part of a more coordinated and collaborative system.
* That the strategic direction of the system supporting people experiencing homelessness be driven by coproduction and the voices of lived experience.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS.
All About You
To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.
We are looking for someone who can provide engaging, dynamic and person-centred leadership, as we implement the aims of this ambitious system transformation and move from a time-limited programme to an embedded way of system working. This includes the upcoming refresh of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy.
You will need to work collaboratively with people with lived experience of homelessness in a coproduction approach, and with a range of staff in senior and strategic levels, all the way through to operational teams.
You will be part of the Health and Wellbeing Department at Camden Council, although your role will be for the wider 'system', working with a network of partners across housing, social care, health and the voluntary and community sector, as well as with people with lived experience of homelessness.
If you think you have the right approach, ideas and passion for this important role, please apply below.
How To Apply
If you have questions about the role, please do get in touch withsue.hogarth@camden.gov.uk
To view the Job Profile, please CLICK HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/10471224/file/document...
To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the 'Why you?' section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the "About You" section.
The application process:
1. Complete a short application via the "Apply" link at the bottom of this page, based on the "About you" section in the job profile - we anonymise all applications to reduce bias in the hiring process by placing greater emphasis on candidates' relevant skills and experience.
2. 1-hour interview with 3 Camden staff, likely to be 1st May - we'll send you the questions and short presentation task in advance, and ensure that there's plenty of time at the interview for you to ask any questions you have at this stage in the process.
3. Offer and feedback - if you're successful at the interview stage, we'll contact you with the details of your job offer, along with some feedback on your performance throughout the process.
4. Onboarding - once your offer is accepted and the start date agreed, we'll make sure there's a plan in place for your first few weeks to make sure you have the information and support needed to ease into your new role at Camden.
What We Offer
At Camden, you'll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.
Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity
Asking for Adjustments
Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG,
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