Lead Worker - Lambeth Assessment Centre

at  Thames Reach

JOB SUMMARY

Role: Lead Worker - Lambeth Assessment Centre
Salary: £35,004 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Lambeth - London
Closing date: 29/09/2024
Interview date: 09/10/2024
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 Lead 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 12,000 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 Lead Worker at Lambeth Assessment Centre team.
Assessment Centres are fast paced services where people are referred in, usually from the street, and rapidly referred on to appropriate longer term accommodation. The services are short stay, and staff provide wrap around support and liaison with several external partners, including physical health, mental health, substance use and housing. Staffed 24 hours to ensure this quick turnaround, they are a key service to ensure people are off the streets and in stable accommodation.

You will:

• Be a bridge between front line staff and management – the lead worker role is an excellent introduction into managerial roles.
• Support and encourage clients to become more independent, maximise income and reduce arrears throughout the hostel.
• Motivate and encourage the team to meet move on targets.
• 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.
• Ensure the environment is safe, healthy, and reflective of our ethos and supports our client’s aims.

To succeed as a Lead Worker, you will have:

• Experience in providing 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.
• Strong organisation skills, with the ability to manage conflicting priorities and deadlines.
• Experience in working autonomously as well as part a team.
• Competent at using a computer and a range of software packages.

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, Nancy Hughes, Lead Manager at Nancy.Hughes@thamesreach.org.uk
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.

Please refer the Job description for details