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Single Homeless Project has a new opportunity for a Navigator to join and work in our team based in Camden and Islington. You will join us on a full-time basis working 37.5 hours on a fixed term contract until March 2025. In return, you will receive a competitive salary starting at £32,325.00 and rising incrementally to £34,996.44 per annum (pro rata).
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
About the Navigator role:
This post is a Monday - Friday role
Fixed Term Contract Until March 2025
The role involves working in multi-agency settings in Camden and Islington, working in partnership with existing delivery structures, local networks and developing collective practices. Navigators are able to manage their own their own time, working flexibly on the go, including some working from home.
The Navigator will carry a caseload of 10 client who are rough sleeping and experiencing multiple disadvantage, and will provide end-to-end holistic, coordinated support for each individual, from first contact in a street setting through to helping them to achieve a more settled and fulfilled lifestyle.
Navigators will provide personalised solutions which demonstrate innovation, creativity as well as iterative learning.
The approach taken with clients will be psychologically informed, incorporating an understanding of acute mental health conditions, complex trauma, and addiction.
As a Navigator, you will provide support such as:
Assessing their needs and identifying their goals.
Helping them to find and maintain suitable accommodation.
Supporting them to access health, social care, and mental health services.
Assisting them to apply for benefits, grants, and other entitlements.
Linking them with education, training, and employment opportunities.
Empowering them to develop their skills, confidence, and resilience.
Advocating for them with other agencies and professionals.
Providing crisis intervention and harm reduction advice.
Please note: We will also be considering applicants from this vacancy for a permanent Navigator position for one of our Services in Hackney. This role is permanent but paid at a different salary banding starting at £30,342.85 and rising incrementally to £33,228.99 per annum.
Skills and experience we're looking for in our Navigator:
Previous experience of working with either rough sleepers or people with complex mental health, alcohol or substance use support needs.?
An understanding of working with people using person-centred approaches and working collaboratively within a harm minimisation and recovery framework.
The ability to manage a caseload and deliver positive outcomes, utilising your knowledge of the health and social care sector is also needed.? ?
A flexible and creative approach to working with a sometimes hard to reach client group. ?
Our attractive benefits package includes:
A salary increase after successfully completing six month's probationary period
A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
A contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work
Closing Date: Sunday 8th September at midnight
Interview Date: Tuesday 17th September via Microsoft Teams
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.? ?
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to join the Single Homeless Project team – please click ‘apply’ now to become our Navigator - we'd like to hear from you!
Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed and are IIP Silver accredited
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