Role: Senior Practitioner - Pan London Accommodation Community Engagement Team Salary: £36,717 per annum Hours: 37.5 per week Contract: Maternity cover until 31/03/2025 Location: Camberwell - London Closing date: 04/04/2024 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 then 11,000 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 Pan London Accommodation Community Engagement (PLACE) team. Floating Support services work with people to sustain their housing. We use a strength-based approach to work with people to identify what support they require and how we can address them together or / and in collaboration with others e.g. landlords, Department of Work and pension or mental health services. We can support people for the duration of their tenancy, or we can provide short term intervention. We can provide resettlement support when a tenancy commences, and we can equip people with the skills to manage their home and goals independently or when they are move on ready and require minimal support. You will: - Provide a flexible and responsive service to people with complex needs and vulnerabilities - Support employees to deliver a high quality service, working with a team of up to 12 - Effectively work in partnership with the management team - Excellent communication, organisation and creative problem solving skills. - Ensure there is evaluation and impact and analyse performance in this area· - Have a proven track record of building and developing a culture of support delivery that is Trauma-Informed, Strengths-Based and Co-Produced with people we support To succeed as the Senior Practitioner, you will have: - An interest in working with and supporting vulnerable adults, and a desire to have a positive impact on their lives. - Sound, up to date knowledge of current management practices. - Experience or knowledge of line managing employees, students and volunteers - Effective at developing and maintaining good working relationships with partner agencies - Have excellent prioritising skills and be able to independently manage your workload - Be a proficient user of Microsoft Office applications, including databases - Show initiative and attention to detail We are listed in the top 100 UK Best Workplaces 2024 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, Yvonne Scott-Henry 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.