Hammersmith and Fulham Outreach and Housing First Team Salary: £36,717 per annum Hours: 37.5 per week Location: Hammersmith & Fulham Contract Type: Fixed Term until March 2025 Closing date: 26/08/2024 Interview date: 10/09/2024 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 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 than 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 Senior Practitioner to join the Hammersmith and Fulham Outreach and Housing First Team. The team forms a significant part of the borough’s complement of homelessness services. The team will continue to support its existing Housing First clients plus work to reduce the number of people rough sleeping in H&F, by providing street outreach interventions to support people to access accommodation; and ensure that the appropriate support is in place. The team is also increasing their cohort of Housing First complex needs clients, supporting additional clients to access and maintain long term accommodation. You will: .Work alongside the Lead Manager to manage the services performance against the contract. .Be responsible for directly managing the staff team and overseeing casework practice of the team. .You will have involvement in ensuring the finances of the service are well managed and that the team is compliant with all relevant policies and legislation. .Foster a culture of high performance and continual striving to improve upon successes throughout your team. .Develop and manage partnerships with key agencies. To succeed as the Senior Practitioner, you will have: .Have excellent prioritising skills and be able to independently manage your workload. .Be a proficient user of Microsoft Office applications, including databases. .Have an interest in homelessness and a desire to support us to have a positive impact on the lives of homeless people. .Experience in organising the operations of a complex, busy service. .An excellent communicator able to form and maintain effective working relationships with all partners. .Experience in directly managing staff, ensuring high quality casework and quick outcomes are achieved. 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 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, Marie Greenan, Lead 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.