Senior Practitioner – Hammersmith and Fulham Outreach and Housing First Tea

at  Thames Reach

JOB SUMMARY

Role: Senior Practitioner – Hammersmith & Fulham Outreach and Housing First Team
Salary: £36,717 per annum
Contract: Fixed term until 31/03/2025
Hours: 37.5 per week
Location: Hammersmith & Fulham
Closing date: 24/11/2024
Interview date: 05/12/2024
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 Senior Practitioner, 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 than 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…
The Thames Reach Outreach teams operate across London and help those who are rough sleeping to find routes away from the street. The teams respond rapidly and work flexibly to reach people. Individuals are assessed to identify their support needs and support plans are created, including work to obtain identification, access health services and refer to other specialist agencies, including those offering immigration support.

You will:

• Work alongside the Lead Manager to manage the services performance against the contract.
• Be responsible for directly managing the staff team and overseeing casework practice of the team.
• You will have involvement in ensuring the finances of the service are well managed and that the team is compliant with all relevant policies and legislation.
• Foster a culture of high performance and continual striving to improve upon successes throughout your team.
• Develop and manage partnerships with key agencies.

To succeed as the Senior Practitioner, you will have:

• Have excellent prioritising skills and be able to independently manage your workload.
• Be a proficient user of Microsoft Office applications, including databases.
• Have an interest in homelessness and a desire to support us to have a positive impact on the lives of homeless people.
• Experience in organising the operations of a complex, busy service.
• An excellent communicator able to form and maintain effective working relationships with all partners.
• Experience in directly managing staff, ensuring high quality casework and quick outcomes are achieved

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 a blue light discount card, 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, Diana Ifemeni, Interim Lead Manager at Diana.Ifemeni@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