Fixed term opportunity until 31 March 2026 Are you committed to making a lasting difference to the lives of vulnerable adults? Housing First is an innovating approach to supporting the most excluded and hard to reach clients. It focuses on finding housing first; and then addressing the issues that have contributed to an individual’s homelessness. The Brighton Housing First service aims to support hard to reach clients with complex needs: by sourcing independent tenancies and providing intensive support into long term accommodation. By adopting a flexible, creative and personalised approach, the service aims to support individuals to manage their tenancies in the community and rebuild their lives. The team is currently supporting clients in the Brighton and Hove area. In the role of Housing First Worker you will: Work Monday to Friday, 9-5, working with a person-centred approach to support clients in their own homes as well as in the community. Be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of the service, managing a small caseload of clients. Deliver ongoing and intensive support to help your clients set up their home, with the overall goal of supporting them to sustain their tenancy and achieve individual goals and aspirations. Build and maintain effective relationships through an MDT approach with local partner agencies to support clients throughout their recovery. About you This role will suit motivated, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to transform their lives, as well as: Experience of working with vulnerable people; motivating and empowering complex and diverse client groups to sustain housing, health and/or work outcomes. Great communication skills, with the ability to network and build effective relationships with a variety people, including clients, internal colleagues and partner agencies, with an understanding and respect for all cultural backgrounds. The ability to work independently and be comfortable as a lone worker, with a good knowledge of relevant protocols and safety precautions. The ability to manage your own caseload with a proactive and innovative approach to your work through multi-disciplinary planning and an understanding of an MDT approach, and to work flexibly to provide tailored support to meet clients’ individual needs and aspirations. St Mungo's are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and we foster an inclusive culture where all voices are heard and valued. We strongly encourage applications from all under-represented groups. Flexible working arrangements can be implemented for the role, particularly to support those balancing caregiving responsibilities or other commitments. How to apply To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document’ tab on the advert page on our website. When you're ready to apply click the ‘Apply Now’ Button to start your online application form. If you require any support or have any questions about the application processor would like more information about the role, please email recruitment@mungos.org. Closing date: 10 am on 19 May 2025 Interview and assessments on: w/c 26 May 2025 About Us Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years, we have been on the ground every day and every night, supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28,000 people each year and our work means that more than 2,700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night. What We Offer We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued, and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups. We believe that equity, diversity and inclusion improves the health, wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are prioritised, we are happier, healthier and can ultimately achieve better outcomes for our clients. Below are some of our key focus areas to improve both our candidate and colleague experience: A growing number of diversity networks including LGBTQ, Womens Action, Lived Experience and Anti-Racist networks. Increasing visibility by ensuring that all interview panels across the organisation are diversely represented to ensure fair and balanced decision making during the recruitment process. A safe and supportive working environment championing positive action via various internal schemes such as upward mentoring and a Steps into Management programme. Mandatory Diversity & Inclusion training for all staff, unconscious bias training for managers, and a range of other courses such as Trans awareness and Autism Awareness. In recognition of the importance of transparency, we publish our employee diversity statistics and pay gap reports on our website. Want to find out more? Click here to visit our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion page. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to our colleagues to ensure wellbeing remains a key priority. Maintaining a good work life balance can be tricky, but with family friendly policies, flexible and agile working options and an incremental annual leave allowance, we are committed to making sure you have the options available as and when you need them. These include: Agile working model for suitable roles. Supportive flexitime and toil arrangements. 28 days annual leave rising to 31 after five years’ service. Family friendly leave policies including - maternity, adoption and parental leave. Carers leave, and fertility treatment leave. Financial wellbeing platform offering loans, advances and saving options. Auto-enrolment to pension scheme after six months service with an employer contribution of 6%. Employee Assistance Programme and access to SmartHealth app – 24/7 GP appointments, health checks and nutrition advice. Cycle to Work scheme and interest free season ticket loans. Discount vouchers including gym, retail, food & drink, travel, electricals and more. Want to find out more? Want to find out more? Click here to visit our Work For Us page. At St Mungo’s we are committed to providing development opportunities for all our colleagues. We welcome people with a wide range of experiences and value transferable skills so that we can provide the best support for people experiencing homelessness. That’s why we have a robust induction, training and development programme that supports colleagues throughout their career at St Mungo’s. These include: Highly praised internal training courses and access to external learning to build your skills and meet your professional development goals. Steps into Management programme to support colleague progression. Commitment to continued professional development with access to career development forums, internal mentoring and internal secondment opportunities. A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate. Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates. Documents