Lead Worker

**Job Summary**

Role: Lead Worker - Lambeth Assessment Centre

**Salary**: £36,579 per annum

Hours: 37.5 per week

Location: Vauxhall

Closing date: 28/09/2025

Interview date: 08/10/2025

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 will 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 and around 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 15,000 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 to join the 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 a team of workers to rapidly assess clients and move them into appropriate accommodation.
- Encourage and implement a Whole Team Approach to Casework.
- Liaise with, signpost, and support client engagement with specialist agencies as appropriate, such as substance 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.

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 colleagues and partners.
- Commitment to supporting people to achieve the best outcomes as they work towards move on and ultimately independence.
- Strong organisation skills, with the ability to manage conflicting priorities and deadlines whilst working autonomously as part of a team.
- Strong IT skills with the ability to use Outlook, online recording systems, Excel, and Word.

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.

**Job Profile**

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**Location**

London - Vauxhall