Role: Lead Worker - Deptford Reach - Employment Training Education Salary: £35,004 per annum Hours: 37.5 per week Location: New Cross and Lewisham Borough. Closing date: 20/11/2023 Interview date: 27/11/2023 Whatever your experience of street homelessness and its impact on people’s lives – personal or professional – when you join the Thames Reach team as a Lead Worker, we’ll make the best use of all your understanding, compassion and commitment. About us… Thames Reach runs projects and services that help to end homelessness in London. We work directly with homeless people on the streets and in hostels. We work to prevent vulnerable people from becoming homeless. We help formerly homeless people get their lives back on track. We help people find work and access training and volunteering opportunities. Is our mission easy? No, but we never give up on people. Last year we helped more then 10,000 people. Is our work rewarding? Yes, in every sense. We’re listed as one of the top 100 Best Workplaces in the UK. There’s no better place to develop or transfer your skills and build a fulfilling career. About this role… We are looking for a Lead Worker to join the Deptford Reach team. The area of Prevention supports vulnerable people by providing them with skills, housing advice, accommodation, and tenancy sustainment support. All the services within the area of prevention work to help people transition towards leading independent lives. You will: Build and maintain positive, trusting relationships with individuals that have a history of offending, mental health, rough sleeping and complex support needs. Support clients into employment, training and education. Provide direct support to 30 clients in the form of key working and case work management to meet clients’ needs. Therefore, enabling them to focus on employment, training and educational goals. Work collaboratively with other agencies including the local authority, substances misuse, health services, housing providers and employment and training providers. Empower individuals to take an active role in developing their own personalized support plans, and to identify their employment, training and education goals. Accurately record all work done in a timely manner and produce reports and case studies on a quarterly basis. To succeed as the Lead Worker you will have: Experience in provided a flexible and responsive service to people with experience of rough sleeping and homelessness. Excellent communication skills with the ability to form and maintain effective working relationships with all partners. Commitment to supporting people to achieve the best outcomes as they work towards independence. Strong organisation skills, with the ability to manage conflicting priorities and deadlines. Be confident in working autonomously as well as within a team. We are listed in the top 100 UK Best Workplaces 2022 in the UK. As part of a commitment to our employees we offer: Generous holiday allowance – 29 days per year plus 8 public holidays (pro rata). Pension – we contribute 6.5% to your pension when you contribute 1.5%. Excellent development opportunities – career progression, regular supervision and appraisals, and learning programmes to support your career with Thames Reach. Wellbeing support – our 24/7 employee assistance programme and opportunities for TOIL. Life assurance – four times your annual salary. Critical illness cover. Other benefits including interest free season ticket and cycle to work loans. Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief. To apply visit our website and complete our application form. For further information please contact, Jordan McTigue at [email protected] Thames Reach is committed to safeguarding. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Having a criminal record will not exclude you from applying but you will be asked to provide further details as most posts are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.