Job Title: Outreach Navigator
Job Type: Temporary to permanent
Location: Birmingham
Industry: Social Care - Homelessness
The organisation
In this Outreach Navigator opportunity in Birmingham, you will join an organisation who help 16-25 year olds who find themselves homeless and are currently rough sleeping. You will be helping to identify barriers of securing accommodation and helping young people to maintain a positive pathway.
Key responsibilities
In this Outreach Navigator job, your responsibilities will include:
- Being an active member of the community - going out daily, rain or sunshine, to engage young people with the service and provide help where necessary
- Assess and take down notes detailing housing assessments to ensure the prevention of homelessness
- Work with young people with complex and multiple needs to help them to sustain tenancies and manage their lives better
- Safeguard young people and vulnerable adults at risk, through appropriate escalation and reporting to statutory services e.g. Inter-agency referral and follow up work.
- Actively encourage vulnerable young people to move into appropriate accommodation
Skills & experience of an Outreach Navigator
- Prove track record of working In homelessness
- Ale to work outside when required covering the whole of Birmingham
- Flexible to work evenings / weekends If required - will get time off In lieu
- DBS on the update service - Enhanced Child and Adult Cleared
If you feel you meet the above criteria for an Outreach Navigator please apply within, for more details please call the office on for more information.
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