We're seeking a proactive and experienced Housing First Practitioner in the Liverpool City area to join a specialist homelessness support service on an ongoing, temporary basis covering long-term sickness, with permanent opportunities to come up in the coming months. This is a 35 hour per week role, participating in a rolling rota working between the hours of 8am and 8pm, required to support 1 in every 6 weekends.

You'll be responsible for providing intensive, wrap-around support to highly vulnerable individuals who are facing or experiencing homelessness, helping them to sustain or secure tenancies, access community services, and work towards personal goals. The role involves a mix of outreach, home visits, office-based and home working.

Key responsibilities:

• Deliver high-quality, person-cented, trauma-informed support to individuals facing homelessness, managing your own caseload of up to 8 clients ensuring they receive responsive support tailored to their circumstances

• Conduct risk assessments and develop safety plans including crisis planning, de-escalation and harm reduction strategies

• Devise personalised support plans to be reviewed regularly, monitoring progress and documenting achievements

• Provide outreach support including home visits and community based work

• Work in partnership with multiple agencies and services including health, social care, probation, housing providers, community groups and other professionals to maintain holistic support

• Provide practical, tenancy-related support including housing applications, Property Pool Plus support and benefits advice

What you'll need to succeed

• Strong background in supporting vulnerable adults facing homelessness, rough sleeping or multiple complex needs

• Strong understanding of trauma-informed and strengths-based practice

• Knowledge of homelessness law, mental health, substance use, welfare benefits and housing pathways

• Experience of completing risk assessments, crisis planning, safeguarding and devising personalised support plans

• Confident lone worker with the ability to manage challenging behaviour with empathy and professional boundaries

• Experience helping individuals sustain tenancies and engage with services

What you'll get in return

• Weekly pay

• Competitive hourly rates

• Option to be paid PAYE or Umbrella

• Flexible working pattern with home working

• Temp to perm opportunities

What you need to do now

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