We have an exciting job opportunity for the position of Mental Health Housing First Worker within City of York Council housing services. We are looking to recruit a highly committed and enthusiastic individual to provide high quality support to a caseload of individuals who have either extensive experience of rough sleeping or have spent a significant time within the mental health services due to having complex needs, supporting their engagement with local services in a coordinated approach. You will assist in the reduction of rough sleeping/single homelessness in the city. You will provide direct support to a caseload of individuals facing multiple needs and exclusions and work closely with external partners to influence change in the way that local services coordinate responses for this group. You will use housing first principles to coordinate creative accommodation solutions for their customers who have typically struggled to maintain previous tenancies and who find shared living arrangements difficult to manage. You will deliver wrap around intensive, trauma informed support to people with multiple and complex issues within their own independent tenancies in the community. You will coordinate support packages and make referrals / signpost to specialist agencies as appropriate and accompany customers to services. You will be required to adhere to safeguarding procedures with a positive risk-taking approach to ensure the well-being of the individuals. They will be responsible for the identification of risks and be able to demonstrate managing risk for self, colleagues and customers being supported. This role is community based and requires outreach and client facing work across multiple locations in the City of York. Office is based within the Union Terrace Hostel. This post is not suitable as a job share opportunity. As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C1: Can express themselves fluently and spontaneously, almost effortlessly. Only a conceptually difficult subject can hinder a natural, smooth flow of language. The duties of this post require the postholder to undertake a basic Criminal Record check (unspent convictions only) via the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings. For further information or an informal discussion please contact Scott Canham (Housing First Senior Practitioner) at Scott.Canham@york.gov.uk or on 07736158332 Closing date: Monday 5 January 2026 at 12midnight Interview date: 14 January 2026