Job Description
Senior Outreach Worker - Street-Based Outreach (Redbridge)
Location: London Borough of RedbridgeHours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 6:00am-2:30pmContract: Temporary - approximately 2 monthsPay: £15.95 per hour + £1.93 holiday pay = £17.88 per hour
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Outreach Worker to join our street-based outreach service in Redbridge. The service provides direct support and assistance to individuals experiencing homelessness, with a strong focus on early intervention, engagement, and pathways into accommodation and support.This is a frontline outreach role and involves travelling across the borough of Redbridge to support clients in the community.
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will be expected to:
* Deliver initial street-based assessments to new rough sleepers and provide follow-up casework to existing clients
* Plan and organise street outreach shifts based on referrals, intelligence, and mapping information to identify and verify rough sleepers
* Support rough sleepers by ensuring appropriate referrals to accommodation and support services through the Pathway
* Plan and coordinate annual street counts, conduct local hotspot mapping, and compile data on the rough sleeper population
* Organise shifts to ensure attendance at planned meetings (with advance notice) and liaise with partner agencies
* Support clients to access accommodation, health services, day centres, housing advice, and other relevant support
* Work alongside the Team Manager to lead on crisis intervention for complex and high-risk cases
* Develop and maintain effective partnerships with local and regional organisations
* Contribute to service development in line with local and national strategies, including No Second Night Out
* Work with partners on outreach-focused initiatives such as cold weather provision and annual street counts
* Support voluntary return where appropriate and work with Immigration Enforcement when required
* Work alongside the Service Manager to monitor service expenditure and oversee volunteer expenses and timesheets
About You
You will have experience working in homelessness or outreach services, strong organisational and communication skills, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, frontline environment. You will be confident engaging with complex needs and committed to supporting people away from rough sleeping
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.