Rough Sleeping Outreach and Assessment Worker
£34,127 per annum
Working across Richmond and Wandsworth Boroughs
Full-time, 37.5 hours per week on a rota
Be part of something that changes lives.
Join our client and help end homelessness across Richmond and Wandsworth. As a Rough Sleeping Outreach and Assessment Worker, you’ll play a vital role in our client’s street outreach work and a new 24-hour assessment centre. One night you could be out on the street engaging with people sleeping rough, the next day you might be welcoming someone to the centre, creating a support plan, and linking them to housing and health services.
What you’ll do
- Carry out late-night street outreach and daytime reception shifts as part of a rota.
- Build trusting relationships with people who are rough sleeping and help them move quickly into safe accommodation.
- Provide trauma-informed, person-centred support, including assessments, personalised action plans and follow-on help to sustain tenancies.
- Work closely with partner agencies to connect clients to health, housing, and other specialist services.
- Keep accurate case notes and share information securely.
About you
You bring experience of working with vulnerable adults, ideally in homelessness or a related field, and you’re confident working late-night shif...