Role: Senior Practitioner – In Work Progression Grade: £34,792.00 per annum / E Hours: 37.5 per week Location: Camberwell - London Closing date: 15/10/22 Interview date: 24/10/22 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 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 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 Senior Practitioner to join the “In Work Progression” team the Employment and Skills 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 - Manage an Employment & Skills Project which supports people at risk of homelessness specifically in Southwark. - Lead the team to support people to improve & acquire skills required to access mainstream employment. - Work closely with our volunteer coordinator to recruit and manage volunteers. - Run and set up employability workshops, develop accredited/ non accredited training and build / manage partnership with various stakeholders. - Demonstrate project planning, financial and performance analysis. - Develop professional relationships with multiple stakeholders including corporate partners and businesses is essential, as is a good understanding of the local and national labour market. - Promote volunteering opportunities with external partners and in local communities in which we work. Ensure there is an evaluation and impact tool, to track performance in this area To succeed as the Senior Practitioner, you will have: - Proven success at developing team objectives/ outcomes and ensure team service delivery achieves those outcomes. - Experience at building relationships with funders, and provide high quality outcome reporting to external commissioners. - Excellent interpersonal skills and commitment to work with experience of supervising and supporting staff - Confidence in managing a case load of people with multiple needs who are looking for new, better paid employment. - The necessary I.T. skills to collate and interpret information and statistics on our clients and present these in external meetings - Confidence in public speaking to enable you to represent Thames Reach to statutory and voluntary organisations - Skill in working closely with other departments and offer training and support staff 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,Stella Ezeh 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.