Night Reconnection Assistant
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Job Summary
Are you interested in supporting people at immediate risk of rough sleeping and making a real difference to the lives of people who are homeless
The St Mungos Pan London Rough Sleeping Teams (No Second Night Out and Somewhere Safe to Stay) provide a rapid response service intervening to ensure no one needs to sleep rough. We are currently looking for people to join our teams as Night Reconnection Assistants (and Night Assessment Workers).
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Work as part of a busy team environment working closely with those affected by rough sleeping.
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Provide a safe and supportive environment at night to clients; and support a team of Assessment and Reconnection Workers with key tasks such as implementing reconnection or assessment plans and supporting clients in to appropriate accommodation.
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Work on a 7 day weekly night rota pattern with an average of 3 waking night shifts in a row (for example 8pm8.30am or 9pm8am with a 1.5 hour break)
About you
These roles are great for people who want to learn and have an interest in developing key skills to build a career working in a support role. You dont need to have direct experience to succeed in these roles if you can demonstrate the below your commitment and genuine desire to support people to transform their lives we encourage you to apply!
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Some experience of dealing directly with the public and/or customers in a busy service environment.
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Good communication skills and the ability to work with others effectively to get things done.
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Some understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people and the difficulties they experience in accessing services.
St Mungos are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all under-represented groups.
NSNO is the largest assessment service commissioned in the UK for people experiencing rough sleeping. St Mungos have been delivering this innovate service since 2011 the team continue to use their expert knowledge learning and proven success as part of the Pan London Rough Sleeping Service to provide a rapid response and intervention to ensure no one needs to sleep rough. If you want to play a part in the positive impact of this integral service find out more hereNSNO.
How to apply
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To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form please click on the document available tab at the top of the advert page on our website.
Closing date: 10 am on 20th Jan 2026
Interview and assessments on: 29th Jan - 2nd Feb2026
Please state your preferred area of London to work in your supporting statement. If you are successful we will do our best to match you to a vacancy in your preferred area. However flexibility is essential as the Pan London teams continue to work in different settings and locations across the city at the current time to support clients where they need us the most.
St Mungos are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all under-represented groups.
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 under-represented 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 Anti-Racist 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 Equity 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.
- Auto-enrolment 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:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Child Care
- Accomodation
- Lotus Notes
- Bluetooth
- Attorney At Law
About Company
St Mungo's is a leading UK homelessness charity supporting over 3,150 people every night. Help us end homelessness and rebuild lives.
