Outreach Navigator

• Locations

  Birmingham, West Midlands

• Salary

  Up to £31200 per annum

• Sector

  Homelessness, Housing, Revenues & Benefits

• Type

  Temporary

Job Title: Outreach Navigator

Job Type: Temporary to permanent

Location: Birmingham

Industry: Social Care – Homelessness

The organisation

In this Outreach Navigator opportunity in Birmingham, you will join an organisation who help 16-25 year olds who find themselves homeless and are currently rough sleeping. You will be helping to identify barriers of securing accommodation and helping young people to maintain a positive pathway.

Key responsibilities

In this Outreach Navigator job, your responsibilities will include:

• Being an active member of the community – going out daily, rain or sunshine, to engage young people with the service and provide help where necessary
• Assess and take down notes detailing housing assessments to ensure the prevention of homelessness
• Work with young people with complex and multiple needs to help them to sustain tenancies and manage their lives better
• Safeguard young people and vulnerable adults at risk, through appropriate escalation and reporting to statutory services e.g. Inter-agency referral and follow up work.
• Actively encourage vulnerable young people to move into appropriate accommodation

Skills & experience of an Outreach Navigator

• Prove track record of working In homelessness
• Ale to work outside when required covering the whole of Birmingham
• Flexible to work evenings / weekends If required – will get time off In lieu
• DBS on the update service – Enhanced Child and Adult Cleared

If you feel you meet the above criteria for an Outreach Navigator please apply within, for more details please call the office on 0121 631 5930 for more information.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.