Complex Needs Navigator – Southeast London

• Locations

  South London, London

• Salary

  £160 - £176 per day

• Sector

  Social Care, Social Care & Health

• Type

  Temporary

Complex Needs Navigator – Southeast London

A fantastic, new opportunity has arisen to become a complex needs navigator, engaging with a small cohort of service users who are rough sleeping and have complex needs. We are hoping this role will be for you.

As a part of the team, you’ll help people get to where they want to be and make a difference in their lives.

We are pleased to announce that we have been successful securing funding and are now looking to recruit staff to join dedicated multi-disciplinary teams across the country to support rough sleepers with harm reduction and to engagement in treatment and will sit within drug and alcohol treatment services.

The service will provide wraparound support to rough sleepers and will work directly with emergency accommodation to support the staff with this group of people. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals and friendly faces to help support people in leading healthier lives.

You will focus on engaging with people who have a history of rough sleeping and substance misuse. You will have some experience of engaging with individuals with multiple and/or complex needs and demonstrate a determined approach to finding solutions. Some knowledge of one or more of the following is required:

About the role

· Coordinate and lead a solution-based approach, engaging Service Users in appropriate services moving them away from street-based living

· Carry a caseload of complex clients, developing personalised action plans working towards discouragement from rough sleeping

· Participate in multi-agency initiatives to reduce the level of street activity

· Work closely with the drug and alcohol teams to ensure that substance misusers and problem drinkers can access treatment

· Work proactively to ensure that Service Users have access to ongoing healthcare

About you

· Experience of working in one or more of the following fields substance misuse, alcohol misuse, mental health

· Experience of working with people who have multiple and complex needs

· Knowledge and experience of multi-agency working with experience of facilitating multi-agency meetings

· Excellent communication, negotiation, and advocacy skills

· Be able to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of services

· Can work autonomously as well as part of a team

· Good levels of IT literacy, including the ability to use IT systems including MS Office applications

· Able to critically reflect and evaluate interventions, service delivery and areas for development

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.