West London

Two years fixed-term contract
 
37.5 hrs per week

The West London Rough Sleeping Prevention Service is an exciting and politically relevant service funded by the DCLG, aiming to prevent people at risk of homelessness from Rough Sleeping. Rough Sleeping Prevention Workers work as a lead in a specific West London Boroughs, keeping clients in accommodation or re-housing where there is no local authority duty.

As a Rough Sleeping Prevention Worker, whether you are working directly with clients, managing relationships with landlords or engaging in mediation with family and friends, you should be confident in delivering support and advice to prevent clients from sleeping rough.

This involves working closely with clients and corporate contacts as well as working with internal partners; to ensure the service does everything within its power to prevent clients from Rough Sleeping. In your role you will also provide advocacy for clients that are considered non-priority to local authorities.

To be successful, you should have experience working with clients who need advocacy and support to maintain the most suitable housing option for them. Other requirements include an understanding around Welfare and Benefits and an ability to manage large caseloads in a busy operational environment. As your role will be varied, the ability to communicate effectively is also essential.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including a pension scheme, staff discounts scheme and initiatives to help you maintain a healthy work/life balance. We are also committed to providing our staff with a wide range of learning and development opportunities; in support of their personal and professional development

To find out more and apply please go to www.mungos.org/work-with-us/careers/current-vacancies/

Closing date: 10.00am, 19 th January 2018

Interview and assessments on: 5 th February 2018

At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are in the top 50 of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2017, we are also proud to have been awarded BITC 2017 Race Equality Award and we are a Disability Confident Employer. To ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of our clients as well as the communities that we live and work within, we encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community.