Assertive Outreach Worker

**Julian House is a charity dedicated to making a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in society. We run several projects and every year we help thousands of people out of homelessness, into employment, away from domestic abuse, and more.**

**If youd like a real sense of job satisfaction, great career prospects and a competitive benefits package, you could be who were looking for**

**Job Role**: Assertive Outreach Worker

**Salary**:£20,296 - £21,494 (full time equivalent £23,240 - £24,612)

**Hours**:32.75 hours per week

**Contract type**:Permanent

**Location**:Basingstoke

**Additional information**:

- On-call (1 every 4 weeks), £100/week when on-call
- Participation in Saturday Outreach rota
- Essential to have drivers license and access to vehicle for business purposes

**The Role**:
The successful Assertive Outreach Worker will deliver a high quality person-centred assertive outreach service working as part of a team, making contact with new, repeat and entrenched Rough sleepers and vulnerably housed in Basingstoke and Deane.

**Responsibilities include**:

- To undertake assertive outreach and hot spot visits across the locality area including during unsocial hours, maintaining a regular street presence
- Identify, engage and assertively work with people sleeping rough within the locality area
- Carry out needs assessments with identified rough sleepers to secure access to services which are suitable for their immediate needs, and make appropriate referrals in partnership with them to establish a sustainable life away from the streets as quickly as possible
- To give clients advice, information and provide an enabling service so that they can access appropriate services
- To promote and facilitate effective multi-agency and joint working to address begging, street drinking and other street-based activity
- Since job descriptions cannot be exhaustive; the post holder may be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities

**Qualifications / Requirements**:

- Experience working with vulnerable adults and/or people with complex needs
- A valid UK driving licence and access to own vehicle - business insurance will be required for roles involving travel for work
- Able to build effective relationships with clients and services in order to develop pathways to enable clients to make positive changes

You can find the full job description here.

**There are many great reasons to join our team***
- Great opportunities for career development and **f**ree monthly training sessions** from experienced facilitators
- ** Sliding salary scale **with salary increases every year for the first 3 years
- Wellbeing related support and advice and **up to 6 free counselling sessions** through our Employee Assistance Programme
- ** 25 days annual leave**, increasing to 27 after 3 years continuous employment
- ** 30% staff discount** at Julian House charity shops
- ** 20% staff discount** at Julian House bike workshops
- A generous and competitive pension scheme
- Instant access to healthcare professionals and discounts on a variety of health treatments through our **Simply Health Scheme**:

- A supportive culture where **staff feedback is highly valued **and regular supervisions with line managers are conducted
- ** 6 weekly Reflective Practice sessions** from objective, external facilitators

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**Get in touch***

If you have any questions about this role, please get in touch with Dannielle Holroyd (Resourcing Assistant) on 07960142019. We look forward to speaking with you soon