Coordinator - Rough Sleeping Services
Coordinator - Rough Sleeping Services
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Job Description
Are you looking for an opportunity where your skills will make a difference in helping to end homelessness and rebuild lives in Bristol
This post is offered as fixed term contract for 12 months or secondment for internal colleagues.
We have an exciting opportunity within the Bristol Street Outreach team as the Target Priority Group (TPG) Coordinator. The TPG is a cohort of clients with the most longterm and repeat periods of rough sleeping. Our belief is that rough sleeping is an intrinsically harmful and dangerous activity both for the individual and for the wider community. Therefore we take a proactive and assertive approach to supporting people away from this activity. Our aim is to support people to recover from the effects of rough sleeping and move away from a street lifestyle permanently.
In the TPG Coordinator role you will provide focused case coordination and management of this group working creatively alongside partner agencies to provide clients with a viable longterm option of accommodation that will allow them to start their recovery from homelessness and journey to independence. You will:
- Oversee the case management of TPG Outreach Workers.
- Hold a small caseload of clients delivering intensive casework to them.
- Build and maintain productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders including the Local Authority other homeless services and housing providers.
- Raise the profile and awareness of the TPG to encourage a citywide multiagency response to longterm and repeat rough sleeping.
- Have the opportunity to support the Service Manager in collating information for reporting to demonstrate the themes and issues the team and clients face.
About you
This exciting role will suit someone with experience of communicating liaising and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders we encourage you to apply if you have below skills and abilities:
- The ability to manage complex behaviours and motivate staff and clients to achieve outcomes with a creative and person centred approach.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with others whilst managing your own time.
- Above all we are looking for inspirational committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to rebuild their lives.
- A Full UK or equivalent driving license is required for this post.
- Flexibility is essential as you will be expected to work outside of your normal working hours when required covering shifts that include early mornings nights and weekends.
St Mungos are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all underrepresented groups.
How to apply
To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form please click on the document tab on the advert page on our website.
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Closing date: 10am on 22April 2025
Interview and assessments on: 2 May 2025
About Us
Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years we have been on the ground every day and every night supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28000 people each year and our work means that more than 2700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night.
What We Offer
We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued and we welcome applications from all underrepresented groups. We believe that equity diversity and inclusion improves the health wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity inclusion and wellbeing are prioritisedwe are happier healthier and can ultimately achieve better outcomes for our clients.
Below are some of our key focus areas to improve both our candidate and colleague experience:
- A growing number of diversity networks including LGBTQ Womens Action Lived Experience and AntiRacist networks.
- Increasing visibility by ensuring that all interview panels across the organisation are diversely represented to ensure fair and balanced decision making during the recruitment process.
- A safe and supportive working environment championing positive action via various internal schemes such as upward mentoring and a Steps into Management programme.
- Mandatory Diversity & Inclusion training for all staff unconscious bias training for managers and a range of other courses such as Trans awareness and Autism Awareness.
- In recognition of the importance of transparency we publish our employee diversity statistics and pay gap reports on our website.
Want to find out more Click here to visit our Equality Diversity & Inclusion page.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to our colleagues to ensure wellbeing remains a key priority. Maintaining a good work life balance can be tricky but with family friendly policies flexible and agile working options and an incremental annual leave allowance we are committed to making sure you have the options available as and when you need them.
These include:
- Agile working model for suitable roles.
- Supportive flexitime and toil arrangements.
- 28 days annual leave rising to 31 after five years service.
- Family friendly leave policies including maternity adoption and parental leave. Carers leave and fertility treatment leave.
- Financial wellbeing platform offering loans advances and saving options.
- Autoenrolment to pension scheme after six months service with an employer contribution of 6.
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to SmartHealth app 24/7 GP appointments health checks and nutrition advice.
- Cycle to Work scheme and interest free season ticket loans.
- Discount vouchers including gym retail food & drink travel electricals and more.
Want to find out more Want to find out moreClick here to visit our Work For Us page.
At St Mungos we are committed to providing development opportunities for all our colleagues. We welcome people with a wide range of experiences and value transferable skills so that we can provide the best support for people experiencing homelessness. Thats why we have a robust induction training and development programme that supports colleagues throughout their career at St Mungos.
These include:
- Highly praised internal training courses and access to external learning to build your skills and meet your professional development goals.
- Steps into Management programme to support colleague progression.
- Commitment to continued professional development with access to career development forums internal mentoring and internal secondment opportunities.
A DBS disclosure check is a requirement for this post and will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungos current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
Documents
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
