Role: Senior Practitioner Resettlement Support Team Salary: 36,717 per annum Contract: Fixed term until 02/2025 Hours: 37.5 per week Location: London – Lewisham, Tower Hamlets and Southwark Closing date: 21/04/2024 Interview date: 30/04/2024 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… Thames Reach’s hostels are transitional spaces where a 24 hour staff team support people to move in, assess their needs, and quickly identify the best place for them to move on to next. Skilled staff teams develop personalised support plans to ensure people are ready to move on and are accessing support with their health, substance misuse, criminal justice and life skills needs. We are looking for a Senior Practitioner to manage the Resettlement Support Team. You will: - Manage and coach a team of front line support workers tasked with increasing move on from services across three London Boroughs - Work closely with support workers to identify the quickest and most sustainable move on for people from their current accommodation and develop the plans to do this - Effectively work in partnership with a number of external stakeholders and the internal management team at Thames Reach - Ensure there is regular evaluation and impact analysis, effectively communicating this to all relevant stakeholders and internally at Thames Reach. To succeed you will have: - A proven track record in leading and motivating a team to achieve key outcomes and results - 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 - Experience of working to a Solution focussed approach and in working with others to overcome challenges and barrier 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.