Rough Sleeper Navigator

**JOB TITLE**:Rough Sleeper Navigator
**LOCATION**:Medway
**CONTRACT TYPE**:Temp
**WEEKLY HOURS**:36 Hours
**WORK PATTERN**:Rota Basis

**JOB SUMMARY**:
To provide a supportive response to rough sleepers. You will be responsible for conducting work across Medway to verify, engage and support rough sleepers. You will have experience in dealing with rough sleepers with multiple needs and able to work with challenging behaviour. To follow up individuals sleeping rough and liaise with partner agencies to deliver multi-agency reports and interventions, within Medway.

**RESPONSIBILTIES**:

- The ability to converse at ease with people adapting communication style to suit various abilities. Experience of working with vulnerable people providing support, in the field of homelessness, housing related field or another support service.
- Demonstrable experience of being able to motivate and engage with service users who are chronically and socially excluded from mainstream society and services. Experience of support planning, key working and reviewing risks in collaboration with service users.
- Experience of multi-agency and partnership working. Knowledge and experience of utilising a range of housing options to relieve and prevent homelessness.
- Ability to deliver assertive outreach service to rough sleepers and street homelessness throughout Medway. To undertake work out of hours including weekends and evenings. To work in collaboration and partnership with stakeholders to investigate areas of known and new rough sleeping.

**EXPERIENCE**:

- Practical experience of delivering front line services to a high standard and providing support services to Vulnerable people. Experience of working with vulnerable people and an excellent understanding of the problems they face.
- Ability to be self-motivating and to prioritise workload along with good organisational skills and demonstrable ability to stay calm under pressure and in emergency situations, An understanding of professional boundaries
- Knowledge of Safeguarding. I.T. literate and competent in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word and general file management. Ability to quickly learn new systems.

**Also, will be required to go through an enhanced DBS check.**

**Rota Basis**
**Temp**
**Full Time