Role: Senior Practitioner – Assessment Centres Salary: £36,717 per annum Hours: 37.5 per week (8pm – 6am with shifts outside these times occasionally) Location: Lambeth & City of London Closing date: 30/06/2024 Interview date: 10/07/2024 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 Night Senior Practitioner, 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 12,000 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 Night Senior Practitioner to join our Assessment Centre teams across Lambeth, City of London and Hackney. You will: .Be responsible for directly managing three teams of night staff across Lambeth and the City of London .Report incidents to Senior Management and Commissioners and ensure staff are aware of and working to health and safety guidelines .Foster a culture of high performance and continual striving to improve upon successes throughout your team .Develop and ensure that Thames Reach policies and best practice are in place .Liaise with Senior Management across the services to ensure a cohesive and consistent approach from day to night shifts. To succeed as the Night Senior Practitioner to you will have/be: To succeed as the Night Senior Practitioner to you will be: .Experience in directly managing staff, overseeing the management of others and ensuring the services are well managed at night .An excellent communicator able to form and maintain effective working relationships with all partners and colleagues .A decisive and effective leader, able to work both autonomously and as part of a wider management team .Excellent IT skills .Please note this role is majority night based work. We are listed in the top 100 UK Best Workplaces 2023 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 and 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, Bethan Adams, Area Manager 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.