Community Practitioner

About The Connection at St Martin s

We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.

London s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.

We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.

About the Role

At The Connection Community, just off Trafalgar Square, we provide a safe and welcoming space where people can find respite from street homelessness, build social connections, and access vital support. Our multi-disciplinary team is dedicated to reducing the harms associated with rough sleeping, fostering inclusion, and empowering individuals to move towards stability and independent living.

As part of our creative and committed team, you ll play a key role in:

• Building trusting relationships with people facing multiple exclusion.

• Understanding peoples needs and providing harm minimisation support.

• Helping individuals take steps towards securing a place to call home.

• Contributing to a pioneering new approach to homelessness support in Westminster.

We see relationships as the key tool for change. As a Community Practitioner you will build relationships of trust and solidarity that will help people to access our comprehensive professional support network, including NHS health services, DWP benefits advisors, migration specialists, and drug and alcohol support teams all offering their services inside the Community.

Together we are piloting a psychologically-informed, trauma-responsive model with an embedded specialist NHS psychology team. This means you ll receive high-quality training, 1:1 consultations, and reflective practice to enhance your skills, and to support you and your team to pioneer best practice in homelessness services.

Salary: £36,380
Closing Date: 9th December 2025
Interview Date: 15th December 2025

Fixed term contract until 31/12/2026

Our Benefits

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget

Enhanced Sick Pay Policy

Enhanced family friendly policies

Day off for moving house

Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)

Pension 5% Employer, 3% Employee

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Employee Assistance Programme

Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK s favourite retailers)

We are a London Living Wage employer