Role: Support Worker – Pan London Accommodation and Community Engagement (PLACE) Salary: £28, 934 per annum Location: Camberwell, With Travel Across London Contract: 1x Permanent 1x 22.5 hours a week 2x FTC until 03/2024 Closing date: 22/10/2023 Interview date: 01/11/2023 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 Support Worker , 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 Support Worker to join the Pan London Accommodation and Community Engagement Team, Floating Support: Our Pan London Accommodation and Community Engagement (PLACE) Service supports people with experience of homelessness to set up and settle into their new home in the private rented sector. The service is funded by the Greater London Authority, to engage and provide support to individuals with Low to medium, or those facing multiple-disadvantage. Providing holistic pre and post resettlement support, we work together with people to assist them to achieve their aspirational goals and equip them with the skills and confidence to sustain their accommodation in the community. Thames Reach is working in partnership with a Registered Provider, who are sourcing the accommodation and providing housing management to tenants. We are looking for an organised and motivated Support Worker to work on an innovative pan-London project providing accommodation and resettlement support. Thames Reach welcomes applications from people with transferable skills You will: •Assess suitability of individuals referred into the service. •Provide pre-tenancy support, and work with both the housing provider and referral agency to ensure service users are able to sustain their tenancy and move towards independence in their new homes. •Provide practical resettlement support for individuals who may have never held a tenancy before. •Provide information and advice to individuals around housing rights and responsibilities, benefits and maximising income, and training and employment. •Liaise with, signpost, and support client engagement with specialist agencies as appropriate e.g. drug treatment services, Community Mental Health Teams, doctors, community groups etc. •Provide person-centred support to individuals and co-produce all plans to assist them to achieve their aims and ambitions. To succeed as a Support Worker, you will have: •The ability to provide a flexible and responsive service to people with experience of rough sleeping and homelessness. •Excellent communication skills with the ability to form and maintain effective working relationships with all partners. •Commitment to supporting people to achieve the best outcomes as they work towards independence. •The capability to carry out administrative tasks alongside practical support work and manage and mitigate risk. •Strong organisation skills, with the ability to manage conflicting priorities and deadlines. •The ability to work autonomously as well as part a team. 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, Folasade Babade, Lead Manager via email 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.