£27,341 – £29,500 per annum Permanent, full-time (37 hours per week) Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Do you have experience supporting rough sleepers or people facing homelessness, alongside an understanding of drug, alcohol, and health-related issues? Are you passionate about helping people rebuild their lives and access the support they need? Aquarius offers the perfect environment to put your skills to great use as a Complex Needs Practitioner working within the Rough Sleepers Initiative. Aquarius is a charity dedicated to helping people and communities overcome the harm caused by alcohol, drugs, and gambling. We are part of ‘One Recovery Buckinghamshire’ (ORB), a partnership between Inclusion (MPFT NHS Trust), Aquarius, and Build on Belief, providing integrated support across the county. We are recruiting a Complex Needs Practitioner to support individuals experiencing rough sleeping and complex needs. Your focus will be on engaging people through a person-centred approach, empowering them to reduce risks, increase resilience, and achieve positive outcomes in housing stability, health, and wellbeing. Working flexibly across the community, multi-agency partnership settings, and outreach environments, you will manage a caseload including referrals from housing, social care, and health sectors. You will join a caring, multi-disciplinary team delivering tailored psychosocial interventions to support diverse client groups. Key Responsibilities: Engage rough sleepers and individuals at risk of homelessness, providing holistic support addressing substance use, physical and mental health, relationships, and community engagement. Work proactively to assist clients in securing stable accommodation and accessing relevant health and social care services. Collaborate closely with statutory and voluntary agencies, housing providers, and healthcare professionals to deliver coordinated support. Maintain accurate records and reports reflecting client progress and outcomes. Provide outreach support, working flexibly across community locations with a central hub based at our head office. Person Specification: Qualification in health/social care, youth/community work (e.g., NVQ Level 3 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies) OR relevant experience working with rough sleepers or people with complex needs, with commitment to NVQ Level 3. Proven experience engaging individuals with complex needs, particularly rough sleepers or people affected by substance misuse. Ability to work independently, showing energy, confidence, and flexibility. Excellent communication, record keeping, and report writing skills. A commitment to multi-agency working and outreach support. To review the Job Description please click here. We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a Black, Asian and those in Minority Ethnic background. This is a rolling recruitment process; shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply. When applying, please upload a CV and supporting statement which should clearly outline your skills and experience. Aquarius Action Projects is a long-established charity (since 1982) based in Birmingham with a national reach of contracts and Partnerships. Aquarius is a subsidiary of Waythrough – a large charity that specialises in mental health, alcohol, drugs and related areas. Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support. We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people. Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That’s why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Richmond Fellowship’ or ‘Aquarius’ (our subsidiary charity in the Midlands). Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate. Thanks for bearing with us – and don’t forget to check out the Waythrough jobs on the Humankind job site https://peoplekind.my.salesforce-sites.com/recruit/ Aquarius Aquarius is a subsidiary of Waythrough. Aquarius is a Midlands-based charity supporting individuals to overcome the harms caused by drugs, alcohol and gambling. Aquarius has always held the view that people we support could resolve their problems with support and guidance and that people have the ability to find their own solutions to their problems. Our roles across the organisation include Practitioners and Administrators as well as Team Managers. Find out more at www.aquarius.org.uk