Outreach Worker - Camden
Hours: 37.5 per week
Location: Camden
Rota: Monday to Friday, weekend shift every 5 weeks
2-3 times a week 09:00-17:00
2-3 a week 6:00-14:00
Once every 5 weeks late shift 5:30pm-2am
As an Outreach Worker you will:
1. Support rough sleepers to access appropriate social care services and accommodation options.
2. Be a first response to referrals, carrying out needs and risk assessments with new rough sleepers.
3. Update assessments on rough sleepers already known to the team.
4. Regularly update the CHAIN database.
5. Find the best course of action for each client's scenario.
6. Work alongside other agencies including local authorities, health services, housing providers, the police, and drug & alcohol services.
To be successful you will need to:
1. Have excellent interpersonal skills.
2. Be flexible and responsive to meet the needs of rough sleepers.
3. Have the confidence and ability to manage a caseload of complex clients.
4. Have the necessary IT skills to collect, collate and interpret data.
5. Be confident in representing our client at external meetings and with outside agencies.
6. You must have an enhanced, adult and child DBS check to apply for this post; if you need one, get in touch.
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