Family Services Outreach Practitioner

The Cardinal Hume Centre works to prevent and tackle youth and family homelessness.

Job title: Family Services Outreach Practitioner

Westminster, London

Salary: £33,132 for 35 hours or £26,505 for 28 hours, plus benefits

Contract: 24 months fixed term contract, 35 hours (full time) or 28 hours (part time) per week

Number of posts: 2

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the world? Do you want to leverage your skills to combat homelessness for children and young people? Then we have the perfect opportunity for you.

We are looking to recruit 2 Family Services Outreach Practitioners to provide intensive support for families with children living in temporary accommodation (TA) in London, ensuring their stay in TA is as short, safe, and healthy as possible. These are new and exciting roles in our Family Services team that will build genuine, positive, and trusting relationships with families, through both 1-1 work with parents and whole-family activities that will build togetherness and resilience. You will also conduct in-depth assessments with families referred to the project, identifying areas where parents and children need support and then helping them to feel confident, settled, and supported in their local community e.g., by researching local resources and amenities, accompanying families to activities, and supporting them to become more independent. Additionally, you will assist the Team Leader and Evaluation and Learning Manager with the project s co-production work, including supporting the management of an advisory panel of parents with lived experience of homelessness who will be co-designing interventions.

Please refer to the job description for further information.

In your cv and cover letter, please outline how you meet the requirements of the role and why you would like to work for us. You must account for any gaps in your employment history. In your cover letter, please also answer the following 3 questions:

1. Tell us about when you have worked with families experiencing homelessness. What types of things did you need to do?

2. Tell us how you work with families to build trusting relationships. Why is this important?

3. Tell us about your knowledge of co-production and working in projects where the client voice is central to service-delivery. Why do you think that would be important in this role?

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The Centre requires staff and volunteers to complete a criminal records self-declaration and undertake a DBS check. This role requires an enhanced plus barred list DBS check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas.

Benefits

26 days leave rising to 28 days leave after two years service (pro rata for part time staff)

Additional discretionary wellbeing and celebratory days

Access to Blue Light Card discounts

Pension: stakeholder pension scheme and we will match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%.

Life assurance cover (after probation passed)

Season ticket loan

Training and development opportunities