Part Time - Outreach Worker - Lewisham
Hours: 30 per week
Location: Lewisham
Assignment: 3 months (possible extension)
Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm
Pay: £14.50 - £18 per hour (dependent on experience)
Are you looking for a sense of purpose in your job? Would you like to support people who have experienced homelessness and addiction?
Being an Outreach Worker is varied and rewarding work. It also gives invaluable insight into health and social care systems for anyone looking to go into public health and policy work.
As an Outreach Worker you will:
- Supporting rough sleepers to access appropriate social care services and accommodation options
- Be a first response to referrals, carrying out needs and risk assessments with new rough sleepers
- Update assessments on rough sleepers already known to the team
- Regularly update the CHAIN database (Training will be provided)
- Find the best cause of action for each client's scenario
- Work alongside other agencies including, local authorities, health services, housing providers, the police, and drug & alcohol services
To be successful you will need to:
- Have excellent interpersonal skills
- Be flexible and responsive to meet the needs of rough sleepers
- Have the confidence and ability to manage a caseload of complex clients
- Have the necessary IT skills to collect, collate and interpret data
- Be confident in representing our client at external meetings and with outside agencies
- You must have an enhanced, adult and child DBS check to apply for this post, if you need one, get in touch
If you are interested, please apply ASAP, this position is always a popular opportunity!
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.